Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants

August 2009

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants: Total Claimants August 2009
	Aug 2009	Jul 2009	Monthly Change	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
United States	5,595,701	6,036,555	-440,854	3,149,633	2,446,068	77.7
Alaska	11,622	12,223	-601	7,944	3,678	46.3
Alabama	71,383	75,670	-4,287	36,098	35,285	97.7
Arkansas	54,395	59,267	-4,872	31,834	22,561	70.9
Arizona	111,929	117,606	-5,677	50,800	61,129	120.3
California	783,695	805,953	-22,258	498,711	284,984	57.1
Colorado	64,907	67,144	-2,237	25,331	39,576	156.2
Connecticut	86,344	90,043	-3,699	50,830	35,514	69.9
District of Columbia	15,315	14,415	900	7,490	7,825	104.5
Delaware	15,181	16,284	-1,103	10,921	4,260	39.0
Florida	312,062	325,105	-13,043	197,464	114,598	58.0
Georgia	163,876	171,867	-7,991	79,104	84,772	107.2
Hawaii	20,147	21,303	-1,156	12,566	7,581	60.3
Iowa	47,684	52,401	-4,717	22,867	24,817	108.5
Idaho	29,901	31,088	-1,187	13,491	16,410	121.6
Illinois	271,156	306,882	-35,726	138,949	132,207	95.1
Indiana	108,460	126,026	-17,566	63,487	44,973	70.8
Kansas	48,323	54,582	-6,259	20,160	28,163	139.7
Kentucky	68,239	76,732	-8,493	36,174	32,065	88.6
Louisiana	75,305	74,641	664	33,823	41,482	122.6
Massachusetts	144,542	154,343	-9,801	94,659	49,883	52.7
Maryland	85,548	88,514	-2,966	49,904	35,644	71.4
Maine	14,721	16,067	-1,346	8,935	5,786	64.8
Michigan	221,355	270,758	-49,403	147,268	74,087	50.3
Minnesota	91,652	97,621	-5,969	41,319	50,333	121.8
Missouri	100,054	107,088	-7,034	56,464	43,590	77.2
Mississippi	39,530	52,688	-13,158	26,990	12,540	46.5
Montana	9,946	10,652	-706	4,211	5,735	136.2
North Carolina	189,662	197,684	-8,022	98,730	90,932	92.1
North Dakota	4,816	5,190	-374	2,455	2,361	96.2
Nebraska	25,918	26,376	-458	13,498	12,420	92.0
New Hampshire	13,636	22,658	-9,022	9,239	4,397	47.6
New Jersey	201,222	212,414	-11,192	136,987	64,235	46.9
New Mexico	26,876	28,772	-1,896	12,377	14,499	117.1
Nevada	66,967	71,714	-4,747	39,158	27,809	71.0
New York	350,454	372,773	-22,319	205,498	144,956	70.5
Ohio	185,027	213,457	-28,430	103,608	81,419	78.6
Oklahoma	17,519	27,800	-10,281	23,103	-5,584	-24.2
Oregon	100,599	108,782	-8,183	53,716	46,883	87.3
Pennsylvania	332,273	360,532	-28,259	185,110	147,163	79.5
Puerto Rico	63,620	66,081	-2,461	42,526	21,094	49.6
Rhode Island	22,421	24,515	-2,094	16,079	6,342	39.4
South Carolina	93,507	102,654	-9,147	57,412	36,095	62.9
South Dakota	4,657	5,188	-531	1,354	3,303	243.9
Tennessee	89,874	110,974	-21,100	49,387	40,487	82.0
Texas	280,649	296,979	-16,330	122,554	158,095	129.0
Utah	34,225	37,482	-3,257	13,246	20,979	158.4
Virginia	92,304	98,588	-6,284	44,076	48,228	109.4
Virgin Islands	883	759	124	426	457	107.3
Vermont	12,974	13,249	-275	6,014	6,960	115.7
Washington	135,579	138,503	-2,924	56,644	78,935	139.4
Wisconsin	146,786	156,706	-9,920	73,420	73,366	99.9
West Virginia	27,690	30,847	-3,157	13,246	14,444	109.0
Wyoming	8,291	8,915	-624	1,976	6,315	319.6

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants US Totals
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	5,595,701		6,036,555	3,149,633	2,446,068	77.7
Male	3,206,326	57.3%	3,505,722	1,647,052	1,559,274	94.7%
Female	2,382,822	42.6%	2,524,537	1,499,727	883,095	58.9%
Information Not Available	6,553	0.1%	6,296	2,854	3,699	129.6%

Ethnicity	5,595,701		6,036,555	3,149,633
Hispanic or Latino	817,819	14.6%	865,432	496,739	321,080	64.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,988,208	83.5%	4,329,748	2,290,112	1,698,096	74.1%
Information Not Available	790,316	12.4%	841,375	362,782	427,534	117.8%

Race	5,595,701		6,036,555	3,149,633
American Indian or Alaskan Native	57,549	1.0%	64,527	32,942	24,607	74.7%
Asian	168,361	3.0%	179,376	84,818	83,543	98.5%
Black or African American	933,976	16.7%	986,333	597,186	336,790	56.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20,024	0.4%	21,264	11,889	8,135	68.4%
White	3,215,645	57.5%	3,502,866	1,721,588	1,494,057	86.8%
Information Not Available	1,200,045	21.4%	1,282,189	701,210	498,835	71.1%

Years of Age	5,595,701		6,036,555	3,149,633
Younger than 22	200,025	3.6%	215,520	108,817	91,208	83.8%
22-24	319,474	5.7%	346,344	172,009	147,465	85.7%
25-34	1,318,790	23.6%	1,416,620	722,937	595,853	82.4%
35-44	1,309,927	23.4%	1,422,729	773,277	536,650	69.4%
45-54	1,385,218	24.8%	1,492,376	779,880	605,338	77.6%
55-59	504,442	9.0%	538,025	275,402	229,040	83.2%
60-64	332,857	5.9%	355,927	178,256	154,601	86.7%
65 and older	207,427	3.7%	218,362	125,790	81,637	64.9%
Information Not Available	17,541	0.3%	30,652	13,265	4,276	32.2%

Industry	5,595,701		6,036,555	3,149,633
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	70,640	1.3%	76,193	60,274	10,366	17.2%
Mining	45,429	0.8%	53,703	7,442	37,987	510.4%
Utilities	10,426	0.2%	10,255	6,162	4,264	69.2%
Construction	619,574	11.1%	664,963	326,146	293,428	90.0%
Manufacturing	946,417	16.9%	1,139,329	439,884	506,533	115.2%
Wholesale Trade	263,447	4.7%	286,815	120,665	142,782	118.3%
Retail Trade	442,724	7.9%	475,867	262,525	180,199	68.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	255,479	4.6%	262,617	159,952	95,527	59.7%
Information	132,716	2.4%	138,816	84,670	48,046	56.7%
Finance and Insurance	186,307	3.3%	185,059	118,858	67,449	56.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	78,081	1.4%	85,257	48,963	29,118	59.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	313,663	5.6%	334,431	150,919	162,744	107.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	25,062	0.4%	25,459	10,826	14,236	131.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	547,020	9.8%	586,570	336,798	210,222	62.4%
Educational Services	178,429	3.2%	174,876	107,973	70,456	65.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	348,049	6.2%	358,189	230,189	117,860	51.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	71,672	1.3%	71,192	42,613	29,059	68.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	305,883	5.5%	311,094	191,897	113,986	59.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	151,618	2.7%	160,235	92,675	58,943	63.6%
Public Administration	93,703	1.7%	96,485	56,855	36,848	64.8%
Information Not Available	509,362	9.1%	539,150	293,347	216,015	73.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alaska
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	11,622		12,223	7,944	3,678	46.3
Male	6,097	52.5%	6,522	3,898	2,199	56.4%
Female	5,525	47.5%	5,699	4,046	1,479	36.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	11,622		12,223	7,944
Hispanic or Latino	475	4.1%	467	283	192	67.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,010	94.7%	11,605	7,591	3,419	45.0%
Information Not Available	137	1.2%	151	70	67	95.7%

Race	11,622		12,223	7,944
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,403	29.3%	3,614	2,795	608	21.8%
Asian	450	3.9%	607	309	141	45.6%
Black or African American	533	4.6%	570	419	114	27.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	143	1.2%	156	89	54	60.7%
White	6,658	57.3%	6,832	4,095	2,563	62.6%
Information Not Available	435	3.7%	444	237	198	83.5%

Years of Age	11,622		12,223	7,944
Younger than 22	560	3.2%	555	287	273	95.1%
22-24	850	4.8%	883	607	243	40.0%
25-34	3,065	17.3%	3,298	2,066	999	48.4%
35-44	2,560	14.5%	2,635	1,793	767	42.8%
45-54	2,709	15.3%	2,823	1,887	822	43.6%
55-59	919	5.2%	1,008	703	216	30.7%
60-64	610	3.5%	639	371	239	64.4%
65 and older	349	2.0%	382	230	119	51.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	11,622		12,223	7,944
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.1%	27	14	-2	-14.3%
Mining	658	5.7%	706	208	450	216.3%
Utilities	42	0.4%	49	43	-1	-2.3%
Construction	1,316	11.3%	1,489	829	487	58.7%
Manufacturing	497	4.3%	571	355	142	40.0%
Wholesale Trade	210	1.8%	227	131	79	60.3%
Retail Trade	1,404	12.1%	1,398	886	518	58.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	885	7.6%	930	568	317	55.8%
Information	147	1.3%	160	121	26	21.5%
Finance and Insurance	221	1.9%	224	168	53	31.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	231	2.0%	261	172	59	34.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	449	3.9%	467	260	189	72.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	28	0.2%	28	2	26	1300.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	668	5.7%	721	515	153	29.7%
Educational Services	549	4.7%	668	410	139	33.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,127	9.7%	1,134	879	248	28.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	156	1.3%	139	98	58	59.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,021	8.8%	1,044	700	321	45.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	591	5.1%	595	454	137	30.2%
Public Administration	997	8.6%	1,002	894	103	11.5%
Information Not Available	413	3.5%	383	237	176	74.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Alabama
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	71,383		75,670	36,098
Male	40,373	56.6%	42,974	18,085	22,288	123.2%
Female	30,916	43.3%	32,582	17,920	12,996	72.5%
Information Not Available	94	0.1%	114	93	1	1.1%

Ethnicity	71,383		75,670	36,098
Hispanic or Latino	1,344	1.9%	1,424	900	444	49.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	57,453	80.5%	60,763	28,565	28,888	101.1%
Information Not Available	12,586	17.6%	13,483	6,633	5,953	89.7%

Race	71,383		75,670	36,098
American Indian or Alaskan Native	3,021	4.2%	2,986	1,436	1,585	110.4%
Asian	1,161	1.6%	1,150	547	614	112.2%
Black or African American	26,655	37.3%	28,463	15,437	11,218	72.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	112	0.2%	131	55	57	103.6%
White	37,123	52.0%	39,473	16,191	20,932	129.3%
Information Not Available	3,311	4.6%	3,467	2,432	879	36.1%

Years of Age	71,383		75,670	36,098
Younger than 22	3,021	2.9%	3,234	1,377	1,644	119.4%
22-24	4,999	4.8%	5,331	2,423	2,576	106.3%
25-34	18,577	17.7%	19,554	9,250	9,327	100.8%
35-44	16,906	16.1%	17,982	8,658	8,248	95.3%
45-54	16,392	15.6%	17,489	8,332	8,060	96.7%
55-59	5,712	5.4%	5,933	2,967	2,745	92.5%
60-64	3,534	3.4%	3,697	1,804	1,730	95.9%
65 and older	2,219	2.1%	2,417	1,238	981	79.2%
Information Not Available	23	0.0%	33	49	-26	-53.1%

Industry	71,383		75,670	36,098
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	750	1.0%	823	402	348	86.6%
Mining	602	0.8%	683	90	512	568.9%
Utilities	74	0.1%	73	57	17	29.8%
Construction	8,298	11.5%	8,727	3,607	4,691	130.1%
Manufacturing	17,143	23.8%	19,485	8,410	8,733	103.8%
Wholesale Trade	3,030	4.2%	3,257	1,229	1,801	146.5%
Retail Trade	7,416	10.3%	7,761	3,614	3,802	105.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,158	3.0%	2,432	1,041	1,117	107.3%
Information	746	1.0%	798	520	226	43.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,934	2.7%	1,969	1,038	896	86.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	871	1.2%	933	430	441	102.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,388	4.7%	3,533	1,696	1,692	99.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	75	0.1%	81	44	31	70.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,365	10.2%	7,894	3,758	3,607	96.0%
Educational Services	1,481	2.1%	1,274	742	739	99.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,646	6.4%	4,969	2,986	1,660	55.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	440	0.6%	435	210	230	109.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,351	6.0%	4,481	2,218	2,133	96.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,863	2.6%	2,091	1,161	702	60.5%
Public Administration	1,509	2.1%	704	357	1,152	322.7%
Information Not Available	3,243	4.5%	3,267	2,488	755	30.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arkansas
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	54,395		59,267	31,834
Male	30,780	56.6%	33,226	16,166	14,614	90.4%
Female	23,613	43.4%	26,040	15,668	7,945	50.7%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Ethnicity	54,395		59,267	31,834
Hispanic or Latino	1,750	3.2%	2,124	889	861	96.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,643	96.8%	57,142	30,945	21,698	70.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%

Race	54,395		59,267	31,834
American Indian or Alaskan Native	523	1.0%	645	305	218	71.5%
Asian	376	0.7%	467	262	114	43.5%
Black or African American	15,327	28.2%	16,594	10,054	5,273	52.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	420	0.8%	548	203	217	106.9%
White	35,995	66.2%	38,885	20,119	15,876	78.9%
Information Not Available	1,754	3.2%	2,128	891	863	96.9%

Years of Age	54,395		59,267	31,834
Younger than 22	2,061	2.3%	1,990	1,082	979	90.5%
22-24	3,949	4.5%	4,125	2,469	1,480	59.9%
25-34	14,831	16.9%	16,148	8,913	5,918	66.4%
35-44	13,276	15.1%	14,346	8,008	5,268	65.8%
45-54	12,327	14.0%	13,926	7,092	5,235	73.8%
55-59	4,020	4.6%	4,593	2,212	1,808	81.7%
60-64	2,481	2.8%	2,662	1,221	1,260	103.2%
65 and older	1,445	1.6%	1,473	835	610	73.1%
Information Not Available	5	0.0%	4	2	3	150.0%

Industry	54,395		59,267	31,834
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	529	1.0%	521	407	122	30.0%
Mining	485	0.9%	527	80	405	506.3%
Utilities	125	0.2%	96	80	45	56.3%
Construction	4,947	9.0%	5,260	2,930	2,017	68.8%
Manufacturing	13,505	24.6%	15,050	6,942	6,563	94.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,356	4.3%	2,495	1,606	750	46.7%
Retail Trade	6,600	12.0%	7,116	4,022	2,578	64.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,569	4.7%	2,818	1,146	1,423	124.2%
Information	610	1.1%	559	299	311	104.0%
Finance and Insurance	752	1.4%	747	562	190	33.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	572	1.0%	414	337	235	69.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,123	2.0%	1,264	857	266	31.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	87	0.2%	96	80	7	8.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	5,858	10.7%	6,325	3,347	2,511	75.0%
Educational Services	2,427	4.4%	2,996	1,376	1,051	76.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,061	9.2%	5,696	3,513	1,548	44.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	480	0.9%	398	241	239	99.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,074	7.4%	4,475	2,764	1,310	47.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,020	1.9%	1,118	573	447	78.0%
Public Administration	1,167	2.1%	1,231	664	503	75.8%
Information Not Available	48	0.1%	65	8	40	500.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Arizona
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	111,929		117,606	50,800
Male	68,777	61.4%	71,226	29,286	39,491	134.8%
Female	43,130	38.5%	46,347	21,514	21,616	100.5%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	33	0	22	0.0%

Ethnicity	111,929		117,606	50,800
Hispanic or Latino	37,982	33.9%	41,136	20,486	17,496	85.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	49,348	44.1%	50,961	30,301	19,047	62.9%
Information Not Available	24,599	22.0%	25,509	13	24,586	189123.1%

Race	111,929		117,606	50,800
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,524	5.8%	7,039	3,171	3,353	105.7%
Asian	2,923	2.6%	2,979	24	2,899	12079.2%
Black or African American	6,237	5.6%	6,283	3,004	3,233	107.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	528	0.5%	569	0	528	0.0%
White	60,768	54.3%	62,533	21,940	38,828	177.0%
Information Not Available	34,949	31.2%	38,203	22,661	12,288	54.2%

Years of Age	111,929		117,606	50,800
Younger than 22	4,717	2.8%	4,729	1,753	2,964	169.1%
22-24	7,069	4.3%	7,280	2,665	4,404	165.3%
25-34	25,281	15.2%	26,132	10,716	14,565	135.9%
35-44	26,184	15.8%	27,836	12,486	13,698	109.7%
45-54	27,877	16.8%	29,724	13,444	14,433	107.4%
55-59	10,164	6.1%	10,830	4,795	5,369	112.0%
60-64	6,719	4.0%	6,950	3,139	3,580	114.0%
65 and older	3,918	2.4%	4,125	1,802	2,116	117.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	111,929		117,606	50,800
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	7,539	6.3%	8,693	7,020	519	7.4%
Mining	1,210	1.0%	1,297	83	1,127	1357.8%
Utilities	216	0.2%	195	56	160	285.7%
Construction	17,143	14.3%	17,788	6,530	10,613	162.5%
Manufacturing	8,977	7.5%	9,791	3,192	5,785	181.2%
Wholesale Trade	5,744	4.8%	5,783	2,562	3,182	124.2%
Retail Trade	9,277	7.8%	9,245	4,263	5,014	117.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,665	2.2%	2,726	1,171	1,494	127.6%
Information	1,504	1.3%	1,540	661	843	127.5%
Finance and Insurance	3,009	2.5%	2,943	1,830	1,179	64.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,155	1.8%	2,210	1,026	1,129	110.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,971	5.0%	6,198	2,527	3,444	136.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	367	0.3%	389	152	215	141.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,134	10.2%	12,326	5,078	7,056	139.0%
Educational Services	3,581	3.0%	4,640	1,212	2,369	195.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,943	5.0%	6,432	2,769	3,174	114.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,105	0.9%	1,074	632	473	74.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,388	4.5%	5,536	2,085	3,303	158.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,351	2.0%	2,474	1,115	1,236	110.9%
Public Administration	3,367	2.8%	3,753	974	2,393	245.7%
Information Not Available	12,283	10.3%	12,573	5,862	6,421	109.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants California
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	783,695		805,953	498,711
Male	448,704	57.3%	467,348	266,873	181,831	68.1%
Female	334,308	42.7%	338,137	231,548	102,760	44.4%
Information Not Available	683	0.1%	468	290	393	135.5%

Ethnicity	783,695		805,953	498,711
Hispanic or Latino	250,657	32.0%	259,638	174,312	76,345	43.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	409,954	52.3%	422,812	269,190	140,764	52.3%
Information Not Available	123,084	15.7%	123,503	55,209	67,875	122.9%

Race	783,695		805,953	498,711
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4,783	0.6%	6,175	3,861	922	23.9%
Asian	77,794	9.9%	80,745	44,978	32,816	73.0%
Black or African American	52,025	6.6%	53,892	44,688	7,337	16.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	275,352	35.1%	281,999	175,664	99,688	56.7%
Information Not Available	373,741	47.7%	383,142	229,520	144,221	62.8%

Years of Age	783,695		805,953	498,711
Younger than 22	24,207	2.4%	24,981	17,180	7,027	40.9%
22-24	44,509	4.4%	46,220	30,017	14,492	48.3%
25-34	192,093	19.0%	196,857	118,814	73,279	61.7%
35-44	181,453	17.9%	184,974	121,517	59,936	49.3%
45-54	197,753	19.5%	207,524	121,904	75,849	62.2%
55-59	69,009	6.8%	72,044	40,924	28,085	68.6%
60-64	45,876	4.5%	45,752	27,797	18,079	65.0%
65 and older	27,428	2.7%	26,759	20,172	7,256	36.0%
Information Not Available	1,367	0.1%	842	386	981	254.1%

Industry	783,695		805,953	498,711
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	37,189	4.5%	39,577	34,361	2,828	8.2%
Mining	3,123	0.4%	3,275	579	2,544	439.4%
Utilities	2,733	0.3%	2,526	1,834	899	49.0%
Construction	102,976	12.5%	106,475	64,955	38,021	58.5%
Manufacturing	123,476	15.0%	133,328	61,000	62,476	102.4%
Wholesale Trade	32,894	4.0%	33,028	7,142	25,752	360.6%
Retail Trade	64,324	7.8%	63,997	42,275	22,049	52.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	25,573	3.1%	27,227	15,250	10,323	67.7%
Information	38,067	4.6%	41,542	33,492	4,575	13.7%
Finance and Insurance	25,183	3.1%	26,291	18,628	6,555	35.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	9,761	1.2%	10,760	9,266	495	5.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	29,575	3.6%	30,314	10,714	18,861	176.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	95,656	11.7%	99,645	71,424	24,232	33.9%
Educational Services	51,732	6.3%	43,507	34,168	17,564	51.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	36,603	4.5%	39,109	27,315	9,288	34.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	10,932	1.3%	11,040	7,528	3,404	45.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	31,527	3.8%	31,999	25,191	6,336	25.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	28,404	3.5%	28,350	17,663	10,741	60.8%
Public Administration	9,663	1.2%	9,169	4,633	5,030	108.6%
Information Not Available	24,304	3.0%	24,794	11,293	13,011	115.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Colorado
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	64,907		67,144	25,331
Male	38,804	59.8%	40,129	12,751	26,053	204.3%
Female	26,103	40.2%	27,015	12,580	13,523	107.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	64,907		67,144	25,331
Hispanic or Latino	11,470	17.7%	11,969	4,400	7,070	160.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	44,324	68.3%	45,751	16,876	27,448	162.6%
Information Not Available	9,113	14.0%	9,424	4,055	5,058	124.7%

Race	64,907		67,144	25,331
American Indian or Alaskan Native	918	1.4%	952	411	507	123.4%
Asian	1,521	2.3%	1,567	471	1,050	222.9%
Black or African American	3,736	5.8%	3,977	1,911	1,825	95.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	245	0.4%	237	89	156	175.3%
White	45,927	70.8%	47,472	17,192	28,735	167.1%
Information Not Available	12,560	19.4%	12,939	5,257	7,303	138.9%

Years of Age	64,907		67,144	25,331
Younger than 22	1,375	1.3%	1,477	331	1,044	315.4%
22-24	2,960	2.8%	3,046	839	2,121	252.8%
25-34	15,026	14.1%	15,450	5,230	9,796	187.3%
35-44	15,441	14.5%	16,070	6,371	9,070	142.4%
45-54	17,341	16.2%	18,070	7,485	9,856	131.7%
55-59	6,648	6.2%	6,862	2,793	3,855	138.0%
60-64	3,989	3.7%	4,123	1,559	2,430	155.9%
65 and older	2,110	2.0%	2,035	722	1,388	192.2%
Information Not Available	17	0.0%	11	1	16	1600.0%

Industry	64,907		67,144	25,331
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	374	0.6%	315	186	188	101.1%
Mining	1,804	2.8%	2,019	144	1,660	1152.8%
Utilities	62	0.1%	46	24	38	158.3%
Construction	10,563	16.2%	11,106	3,183	7,380	231.9%
Manufacturing	6,722	10.3%	6,965	2,368	4,354	183.9%
Wholesale Trade	3,771	5.8%	3,926	1,296	2,475	191.0%
Retail Trade	5,488	8.4%	5,614	2,346	3,142	133.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,990	3.0%	2,125	739	1,251	169.3%
Information	2,451	3.8%	2,529	1,021	1,430	140.1%
Finance and Insurance	2,706	4.1%	2,706	1,774	932	52.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,493	2.3%	1,576	600	893	148.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	6,294	9.6%	6,357	2,186	4,108	187.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	515	0.8%	499	339	176	51.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,620	11.7%	7,807	3,217	4,403	136.9%
Educational Services	1,794	2.7%	1,692	717	1,077	150.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,323	5.1%	3,569	1,959	1,364	69.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	863	1.3%	890	380	483	127.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,021	4.6%	3,166	1,267	1,754	138.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,637	2.5%	1,672	614	1,023	166.6%
Public Administration	888	1.4%	948	439	449	102.3%
Information Not Available	1,528	2.3%	1,617	532	996	187.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Connecticut
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	86,344		90,043	50,830
Male	46,106	53.4%	48,941	25,173	20,933	83.2%
Female	40,238	46.6%	41,102	25,657	14,581	56.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	86,344		90,043	50,830
Hispanic or Latino	10,517	12.2%	10,936	6,527	3,990	61.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75,827	87.8%	79,107	44,303	31,524	71.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	86,344		90,043	50,830
American Indian or Alaskan Native	250	0.3%	260	203	47	23.2%
Asian	1,570	1.8%	1,621	731	839	114.8%
Black or African American	10,343	12.0%	10,634	7,315	3,028	41.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	46,011	53.3%	48,568	27,104	18,907	69.8%
Information Not Available	28,170	32.6%	28,960	15,477	12,693	82.0%

Years of Age	86,344		90,043	50,830
Younger than 22	2,681	2.1%	2,629	1,609	1,072	66.6%
22-24	4,904	3.9%	4,894	2,723	2,181	80.1%
25-34	17,367	13.8%	18,004	10,650	6,717	63.1%
35-44	18,863	15.0%	19,849	11,902	6,961	58.5%
45-54	22,369	17.8%	23,506	12,760	9,609	75.3%
55-59	8,486	6.7%	9,002	4,622	3,864	83.6%
60-64	6,518	5.2%	6,782	3,454	3,064	88.7%
65 and older	5,156	4.1%	5,377	3,110	2,046	65.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	86,344		90,043	50,830
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	261	0.3%	232	229	32	14.0%
Mining	22	0.0%	20	20	2	10.0%
Utilities	76	0.1%	83	48	28	58.3%
Construction	7,099	8.2%	7,964	4,502	2,597	57.7%
Manufacturing	17,618	20.3%	18,983	5,515	12,103	219.5%
Wholesale Trade	4,204	4.9%	4,437	2,227	1,977	88.8%
Retail Trade	8,800	10.2%	9,196	5,699	3,101	54.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,891	8.0%	6,475	5,942	949	16.0%
Information	2,063	2.4%	2,288	1,342	721	53.7%
Finance and Insurance	4,109	4.7%	4,338	2,392	1,717	71.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,111	1.3%	1,320	760	351	46.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,894	5.7%	5,066	2,466	2,428	98.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	804	0.9%	877	244	560	229.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	7,547	8.7%	8,010	4,807	2,740	57.0%
Educational Services	2,855	3.3%	2,737	1,776	1,079	60.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,135	7.1%	6,089	4,364	1,771	40.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,401	1.6%	1,401	914	487	53.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,206	7.2%	6,149	4,586	1,620	35.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,931	2.2%	2,006	1,393	538	38.6%
Public Administration	1,084	1.3%	1,100	817	267	32.7%
Information Not Available	1,233	1.4%	1,272	787	446	56.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants District of Columbia
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,315		14,415	7,490
Male	7,014	45.8%	6,652	3,282	3,732	113.7%
Female	8,301	54.2%	7,763	4,208	4,093	97.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,315		14,415	7,490
Hispanic or Latino	1,949	12.7%	1,781	637	1,312	206.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,829	83.8%	12,155	6,660	6,169	92.6%
Information Not Available	537	3.5%	479	193	344	178.2%

Race	15,315		14,415	7,490
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.8%	117	61	62	101.6%
Asian	478	3.1%	462	132	346	262.1%
Black or African American	10,783	70.4%	10,060	6,091	4,692	77.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	78	0.5%	87	46	32	69.6%
White	3,852	25.2%	3,687	1,160	2,692	232.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	0	1	0.0%

Years of Age	15,315		14,415	7,490
Younger than 22	387	2.1%	362	179	208	116.2%
22-24	821	4.5%	803	405	416	102.7%
25-34	4,239	23.0%	3,993	1,801	2,438	135.4%
35-44	3,680	20.0%	3,538	1,948	1,732	88.9%
45-54	3,733	20.3%	3,447	1,951	1,782	91.3%
55-59	1,299	7.1%	1,197	653	646	98.9%
60-64	767	4.2%	720	371	396	106.7%
65 and older	389	2.1%	355	182	207	113.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	15,315		14,415	7,490
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	3	0.0%	5	5	-2	-40.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	4	0.0%	5	1	3	300.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	1	2	-2	-100.0%
Finance and Insurance	3	0.0%	3	1	2	200.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14	0.1%	10	8	6	75.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	38	0.2%	33	22	16	72.7%
Educational Services	1	0.0%	2	6	-5	-83.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8	0.1%	9	5	3	60.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	4	0.0%	5	4	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4	0.0%	6	1	3	300.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	15,233	99.5%	14,332	7,434	7,799	104.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Delaware
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	15,181		16,284	10,921
Male	7,975	52.5%	8,691	5,323	2,652	49.8%
Female	7,206	47.5%	7,593	5,598	1,608	28.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	15,181		16,284	10,921
Hispanic or Latino	642	4.1%	740	379	263	69.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,181	95.9%	15,544	10,542	4,639	44.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	15,181		16,284	10,921
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.3%	49	26	13	50.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	5,138	34.1%	5,457	4,222	916	21.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	134	0.9%	130	45	89	197.8%
White	8,485	56.3%	9,225	5,983	2,502	41.8%
Information Not Available	1,285	8.5%	1,423	645	640	99.2%

Years of Age	15,181		16,284	10,921
Younger than 22	647	2.8%	683	335	312	93.1%
22-24	1,090	4.8%	1,156	667	423	63.4%
25-34	3,635	16.0%	3,932	2,590	1,045	40.3%
35-44	3,447	15.2%	3,694	2,629	818	31.1%
45-54	3,476	15.3%	3,762	2,618	858	32.8%
55-59	1,272	5.6%	1,319	902	370	41.0%
60-64	918	4.0%	985	643	275	42.8%
65 and older	580	2.5%	636	454	126	27.8%
Information Not Available	116	0.5%	117	83	33	39.8%

Industry	15,181		16,284	10,921
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	12	0.1%	12	26	-14	-53.8%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	10	0.1%	9	11	-1	-9.1%
Construction	1,632	10.7%	1,858	1,147	485	42.3%
Manufacturing	1,275	8.4%	1,293	703	572	81.4%
Wholesale Trade	812	5.3%	888	418	394	94.3%
Retail Trade	2,208	14.5%	2,458	1,961	247	12.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	475	3.1%	510	340	135	39.7%
Information	324	2.1%	333	177	147	83.1%
Finance and Insurance	1,248	8.2%	1,276	801	447	55.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	317	2.1%	376	214	103	48.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,151	7.6%	1,269	677	474	70.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	67	0.4%	47	39	28	71.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,328	15.3%	2,483	1,857	471	25.4%
Educational Services	364	2.4%	345	337	27	8.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,094	7.2%	1,113	853	241	28.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	295	1.9%	296	171	124	72.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,028	6.8%	1,120	768	260	33.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	421	2.8%	470	288	133	46.2%
Public Administration	84	0.6%	87	69	15	21.7%
Information Not Available	36	0.2%	41	64	-28	-43.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Florida
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	312,062		325,105	197,464
Male	177,045	56.7%	185,566	105,226	71,819	68.3%
Female	133,877	42.9%	138,792	92,162	41,715	45.3%
Information Not Available	1,140	0.4%	747	76	1,064	1400.0%

Ethnicity	312,062		325,105	197,464
Hispanic or Latino	87,842	28.1%	89,778	63,053	24,789	39.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	209,806	67.2%	219,909	120,782	89,024	73.7%
Information Not Available	14,414	4.6%	15,418	13,629	785	5.8%

Race	312,062		325,105	197,464
American Indian or Alaskan Native	993	0.3%	1,232	868	125	14.4%
Asian	2,427	0.8%	2,202	868	1,559	179.6%
Black or African American	58,610	18.8%	62,266	39,757	18,853	47.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4,596	1.5%	4,704	1,926	2,670	138.6%
White	194,510	62.3%	202,103	116,326	78,184	67.2%
Information Not Available	50,926	16.3%	52,598	37,719	13,207	35.0%

Years of Age	312,062		325,105	197,464
Younger than 22	9,045	1.9%	9,407	5,626	3,419	60.8%
22-24	16,509	3.4%	17,620	10,270	6,239	60.7%
25-34	69,899	14.4%	70,889	42,476	27,423	64.6%
35-44	72,914	15.0%	75,630	46,062	26,852	58.3%
45-54	79,385	16.3%	82,424	52,292	27,093	51.8%
55-59	29,232	6.0%	31,805	18,198	11,034	60.6%
60-64	19,635	4.0%	21,241	12,120	7,515	62.0%
65 and older	15,406	3.2%	16,089	10,420	4,986	47.9%
Information Not Available	37	0.0%	0	0	37	0.0%

Industry	312,062		325,105	197,464
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	6,729	2.1%	6,981	6,683	46	0.7%
Mining	184	0.1%	261	189	-5	-2.6%
Utilities	441	0.1%	411	227	214	94.3%
Construction	36,806	11.5%	39,644	23,673	13,133	55.5%
Manufacturing	22,540	7.1%	23,630	12,497	10,043	80.4%
Wholesale Trade	15,590	4.9%	16,761	9,401	6,189	65.8%
Retail Trade	32,136	10.1%	34,306	20,426	11,710	57.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,825	2.8%	8,511	5,890	2,935	49.8%
Information	6,435	2.0%	6,981	4,342	2,093	48.2%
Finance and Insurance	14,303	4.5%	14,036	8,873	5,430	61.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,244	2.3%	7,429	3,398	3,846	113.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	20,554	6.4%	21,763	11,780	8,774	74.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,022	0.6%	1,941	1,208	814	67.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	55,154	17.3%	57,376	37,643	17,511	46.5%
Educational Services	9,413	3.0%	10,154	5,324	4,089	76.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,583	5.2%	17,172	13,366	3,217	24.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,979	2.5%	8,250	4,720	3,259	69.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	21,142	6.6%	21,390	12,384	8,758	70.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	8,457	2.7%	8,175	4,493	3,964	88.2%
Public Administration	3,677	1.2%	4,181	2,303	1,374	59.7%
Information Not Available	15,848	5.0%	15,752	8,644	7,204	83.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Georgia
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	163,876		171,867	79,104
Male	87,785	53.6%	91,967	39,884	47,901	120.1%
Female	73,701	45.0%	77,483	38,126	35,575	93.3%
Information Not Available	2,390	1.5%	2,417	1,094	1,296	118.5%

Ethnicity	163,876		171,867	79,104
Hispanic or Latino	477	0.3%	988	211	266	126.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	161,009	98.3%	168,462	77,799	83,210	107.0%
Information Not Available	2,390	1.5%	2,417	1,094	1,296	118.5%

Race	163,876		171,867	79,104
American Indian or Alaskan Native	753	0.5%	817	364	389	106.9%
Asian	2,875	1.8%	3,279	1,061	1,814	171.0%
Black or African American	72,747	44.4%	75,370	39,182	33,565	85.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	85,111	51.9%	89,984	37,403	47,708	127.6%
Information Not Available	2,390	1.5%	2,417	1,094	1,296	118.5%

Years of Age	163,876		171,867	79,104
Younger than 22	4,126	1.7%	4,056	2,267	1,859	82.0%
22-24	7,676	3.2%	7,948	4,032	3,644	90.4%
25-34	37,480	15.6%	39,000	18,646	18,834	101.0%
35-44	41,412	17.3%	42,852	20,208	21,204	104.9%
45-54	39,607	16.5%	41,225	19,101	20,506	107.4%
55-59	13,827	5.8%	14,339	6,350	7,477	117.7%
60-64	9,358	3.9%	9,644	3,997	5,361	134.1%
65 and older	5,302	2.2%	5,563	2,284	3,018	132.1%
Information Not Available	5,088	2.1%	7,240	2,219	2,869	129.3%

Industry	163,876		171,867	79,104
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,564	1.5%	2,542	1,476	1,088	73.7%
Mining	371	0.2%	417	144	227	157.6%
Utilities	262	0.2%	260	137	125	91.2%
Construction	13,512	8.1%	13,507	6,185	7,327	118.5%
Manufacturing	18,783	11.3%	22,720	7,842	10,941	139.5%
Wholesale Trade	10,511	6.3%	11,372	4,057	6,454	159.1%
Retail Trade	11,266	6.8%	11,273	6,095	5,171	84.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,007	2.4%	4,261	1,853	2,154	116.2%
Information	3,779	2.3%	3,516	1,594	2,185	137.1%
Finance and Insurance	4,634	2.8%	4,551	2,322	2,312	99.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,866	1.7%	2,900	1,517	1,349	88.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	26,478	15.9%	27,261	12,445	14,033	112.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	237	0.1%	259	196	41	20.9%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	643	0.4%	695	275	368	133.8%
Educational Services	4,515	2.7%	4,343	1,755	2,760	157.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,060	4.2%	8,347	3,911	3,149	80.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,837	4.1%	7,109	4,079	2,758	67.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,527	0.9%	1,418	815	712	87.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,106	1.3%	2,134	1,215	891	73.3%
Public Administration	2,204	1.3%	2,258	1,051	1,153	109.7%
Information Not Available	39,714	23.9%	40,724	20,140	19,574	97.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Hawaii
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	20,147		21,303	12,566
Male	13,070	64.9%	13,432	8,042	5,028	62.5%
Female	7,076	35.1%	7,870	4,523	2,553	56.4%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	20,147		21,303	12,566
Hispanic or Latino	1,067	5.3%	1,117	763	304	39.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	15,615	77.5%	16,599	9,661	5,954	61.6%
Information Not Available	3,465	17.2%	3,587	2,142	1,323	61.8%

Race	20,147		21,303	12,566
American Indian or Alaskan Native	123	0.6%	142	107	16	15.0%
Asian	6,858	34.0%	7,126	3,988	2,870	72.0%
Black or African American	326	1.6%	365	200	126	63.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5,154	25.6%	5,429	3,479	1,675	48.1%
White	5,197	25.8%	5,589	3,153	2,044	64.8%
Information Not Available	2,489	12.4%	2,652	1,639	850	51.9%

Years of Age	20,147		21,303	12,566
Younger than 22	535	2.2%	543	299	236	78.9%
22-24	1,065	4.4%	1,093	670	395	59.0%
25-34	5,045	21.0%	5,264	2,887	2,158	74.7%
35-44	4,655	19.4%	4,858	3,036	1,619	53.3%
45-54	4,761	19.8%	5,066	3,170	1,591	50.2%
55-59	1,978	8.2%	2,116	1,293	685	53.0%
60-64	1,299	5.4%	1,422	763	536	70.2%
65 and older	809	3.4%	941	448	361	80.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	20,147		21,303	12,566
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	392	1.9%	405	228	164	71.9%
Mining	3	0.0%	3	2	1	50.0%
Utilities	15	0.1%	19	9	6	66.7%
Construction	5,851	28.5%	5,767	3,754	2,097	55.9%
Manufacturing	590	2.9%	627	282	308	109.2%
Wholesale Trade	454	2.2%	513	195	259	132.8%
Retail Trade	1,365	6.6%	1,551	608	757	124.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	778	3.8%	1,066	1,087	-309	-28.4%
Information	432	2.1%	501	291	141	48.5%
Finance and Insurance	337	1.6%	322	189	148	78.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	363	1.8%	402	248	115	46.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	679	3.3%	717	365	314	86.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	58	0.3%	68	44	14	31.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,348	11.4%	2,445	1,320	1,028	77.9%
Educational Services	217	1.1%	195	83	134	161.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	902	4.4%	1,029	455	447	98.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	296	1.4%	301	157	139	88.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,194	10.7%	2,407	1,170	1,024	87.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	456	2.2%	483	269	187	69.5%
Public Administration	487	2.4%	439	217	270	124.4%
Information Not Available	1,930	9.4%	2,043	1,593	337	21.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Iowa
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	47,684		52,401	22,867
Male	28,239	59.2%	31,597	11,424	16,815	147.2%
Female	19,445	40.8%	20,804	11,443	8,002	69.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	47,684		52,401	22,867
Hispanic or Latino	1,297	2.7%	1,386	705	592	84.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,848	56.3%	28,444	16,399	10,449	63.7%
Information Not Available	19,539	41.0%	22,571	5,763	13,776	239.0%

Race	47,684		52,401	22,867
American Indian or Alaskan Native	195	0.4%	216	79	116	146.8%
Asian	348	0.7%	404	181	167	92.3%
Black or African American	2,005	4.2%	2,106	1,432	573	40.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	24,300	51.0%	25,718	14,707	9,593	65.2%
Information Not Available	20,836	43.7%	23,957	6,468	14,368	222.1%

Years of Age	47,684		52,401	22,867
Younger than 22	1,568	2.3%	1,582	654	914	139.8%
22-24	2,814	4.1%	3,067	1,344	1,470	109.4%
25-34	11,093	16.1%	12,129	5,089	6,004	118.0%
35-44	10,619	15.4%	11,750	5,135	5,484	106.8%
45-54	12,292	17.8%	13,469	6,034	6,258	103.7%
55-59	4,540	6.6%	5,195	2,199	2,341	106.5%
60-64	2,992	4.3%	3,287	1,452	1,540	106.1%
65 and older	1,765	2.6%	1,921	960	805	83.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%

Industry	47,684		52,401	22,867
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	294	0.6%	293	210	84	40.0%
Mining	39	0.1%	53	16	23	143.8%
Utilities	150	0.3%	112	29	121	417.2%
Construction	4,896	10.2%	5,252	1,859	3,037	163.4%
Manufacturing	16,155	33.7%	19,777	6,249	9,906	158.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,688	5.6%	2,710	996	1,692	169.9%
Retail Trade	3,432	7.2%	3,503	1,978	1,454	73.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,031	4.2%	2,262	1,012	1,019	100.7%
Information	1,604	3.3%	1,657	839	765	91.2%
Finance and Insurance	1,506	3.1%	1,487	768	738	96.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	376	0.8%	376	252	124	49.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,795	3.7%	1,924	870	925	106.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	55	0.1%	53	29	26	89.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,887	8.1%	4,067	2,219	1,668	75.2%
Educational Services	957	2.0%	960	568	389	68.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,632	5.5%	2,633	1,603	1,029	64.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	439	0.9%	438	255	184	72.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,538	5.3%	2,693	1,866	672	36.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,116	2.3%	1,224	669	447	66.8%
Public Administration	447	0.9%	430	275	172	62.5%
Information Not Available	647	1.3%	497	305	342	112.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Idaho
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	29,901		31,088	13,491
Male	18,462	61.7%	19,625	7,339	11,123	151.6%
Female	11,436	38.2%	11,460	6,152	5,284	85.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	29,901		31,088	13,491
Hispanic or Latino	3,494	11.7%	3,268	1,716	1,778	103.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	25,244	84.4%	26,732	11,156	14,088	126.3%
Information Not Available	1,163	3.9%	1,088	619	544	87.9%

Race	29,901		31,088	13,491
American Indian or Alaskan Native	448	1.5%	475	279	169	60.6%
Asian	449	1.5%	442	151	298	197.4%
Black or African American	235	0.8%	249	92	143	155.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.3%	104	48	56	116.7%
White	23,878	79.9%	25,312	10,674	13,204	123.7%
Information Not Available	4,787	16.0%	4,506	2,247	2,540	113.0%

Years of Age	29,901		31,088	13,491
Younger than 22	986	1.9%	1,092	461	525	113.9%
22-24	1,834	3.5%	1,966	739	1,095	148.2%
25-34	7,296	14.0%	7,768	3,047	4,249	139.4%
35-44	6,655	12.8%	6,854	3,103	3,552	114.5%
45-54	7,291	14.0%	7,473	3,390	3,901	115.1%
55-59	2,889	5.6%	2,889	1,328	1,561	117.5%
60-64	1,828	3.5%	1,910	825	1,003	121.6%
65 and older	1,122	2.2%	1,136	598	524	87.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	29,901		31,088	13,491
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	655	2.1%	827	349	306	87.7%
Mining	126	0.4%	162	38	88	231.6%
Utilities	36	0.1%	32	15	21	140.0%
Construction	4,726	15.5%	5,534	1,995	2,731	136.9%
Manufacturing	6,512	21.3%	6,106	2,443	4,069	166.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,189	3.9%	1,275	615	574	93.3%
Retail Trade	2,955	9.7%	3,199	1,299	1,656	127.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,263	4.1%	1,280	728	535	73.5%
Information	493	1.6%	531	266	227	85.3%
Finance and Insurance	618	2.0%	629	428	190	44.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	365	1.2%	376	182	183	100.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,193	3.9%	1,236	583	610	104.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	47	0.2%	53	11	36	327.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,243	7.3%	2,374	1,022	1,221	119.5%
Educational Services	421	1.4%	347	202	219	108.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,725	5.6%	1,697	856	869	101.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	308	1.0%	367	135	173	128.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,311	4.3%	1,474	562	749	133.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	713	2.3%	714	363	350	96.4%
Public Administration	504	1.6%	468	247	257	104.0%
Information Not Available	2,498	8.2%	2,407	1,152	1,346	116.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Illinois
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	271,156		306,882	138,949
Male	154,179	56.9%	180,268	70,985	83,194	117.2%
Female	116,977	43.1%	126,614	67,964	49,013	72.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	271,156		306,882	138,949
Hispanic or Latino	34,829	12.8%	39,730	16,624	18,205	109.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	236,327	87.2%	267,152	122,325	114,002	93.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	271,156		306,882	138,949
American Indian or Alaskan Native	958	0.4%	1,082	499	459	92.0%
Asian	8,644	3.2%	9,871	3,795	4,849	127.8%
Black or African American	61,388	22.6%	65,225	38,410	22,978	59.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	196,729	72.6%	226,904	94,865	101,864	107.4%
Information Not Available	3,437	1.3%	3,800	1,380	2,057	149.1%

Years of Age	271,156		306,882	138,949
Younger than 22	7,849	1.7%	8,033	3,569	4,280	119.9%
22-24	15,117	3.3%	16,312	7,057	8,060	114.2%
25-34	66,026	14.6%	73,874	32,577	33,449	102.7%
35-44	64,982	14.4%	74,316	34,728	30,254	87.1%
45-54	67,238	14.9%	77,336	36,062	31,176	86.5%
55-59	24,664	5.5%	29,079	12,727	11,937	93.8%
60-64	16,015	3.5%	18,304	7,831	8,184	104.5%
65 and older	9,265	2.1%	9,628	4,398	4,867	110.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	271,156		306,882	138,949
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	617	0.2%	643	295	322	109.2%
Mining	601	0.2%	694	321	280	87.2%
Utilities	336	0.1%	271	164	172	104.9%
Construction	31,219	11.5%	35,741	15,291	15,928	104.2%
Manufacturing	52,958	19.5%	72,397	19,283	33,675	174.6%
Wholesale Trade	15,174	5.6%	16,935	7,102	8,072	113.7%
Retail Trade	23,561	8.7%	25,489	13,114	10,447	79.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	17,377	6.4%	18,391	10,579	6,798	64.3%
Information	5,141	1.9%	5,627	2,986	2,155	72.2%
Finance and Insurance	12,225	4.5%	12,730	8,237	3,988	48.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	3,613	1.3%	4,033	2,161	1,452	67.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	17,774	6.5%	19,392	8,417	9,357	111.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,338	0.5%	1,523	788	550	69.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	29,039	10.7%	31,748	15,990	13,049	81.6%
Educational Services	8,045	3.0%	7,939	3,719	4,326	116.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	17,155	6.3%	16,937	9,993	7,162	71.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,318	0.9%	2,476	1,357	961	70.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	15,460	5.7%	16,161	9,388	6,072	64.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	7,284	2.7%	7,628	3,700	3,584	96.9%
Public Administration	5,070	1.9%	4,721	3,044	2,026	66.6%
Information Not Available	4,851	1.8%	5,406	3,020	1,831	60.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Indiana
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	108,460		126,026	63,487
Male	64,836	59.8%	76,612	34,670	30,166	87.0%
Female	43,513	40.1%	49,301	28,753	14,760	51.3%
Information Not Available	111	0.1%	113	64	47	73.4%

Ethnicity	108,460		126,026	63,487
Hispanic or Latino	5,168	4.8%	5,913	2,755	2,413	87.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	78,804	72.7%	92,143	47,492	31,312	65.9%
Information Not Available	24,488	22.6%	27,970	13,240	11,248	85.0%

Race	108,460		126,026	63,487
American Indian or Alaskan Native	483	0.4%	549	293	190	64.8%
Asian	813	0.7%	949	516	297	57.6%
Black or African American	14,109	13.0%	15,841	9,247	4,862	52.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	104	0.1%	123	52	52	100.0%
White	87,134	80.3%	101,975	50,230	36,904	73.5%
Information Not Available	5,817	5.4%	6,589	3,149	2,668	84.7%

Years of Age	108,460		126,026	63,487
Younger than 22	2,854	1.5%	3,081	1,642	1,212	73.8%
22-24	5,905	3.1%	6,702	3,323	2,582	77.7%
25-34	25,879	13.7%	29,843	14,876	11,003	74.0%
35-44	26,398	14.0%	31,086	15,815	10,583	66.9%
45-54	27,481	14.5%	32,527	16,529	10,952	66.3%
55-59	10,121	5.4%	11,706	5,764	4,357	75.6%
60-64	6,512	3.4%	7,281	3,474	3,038	87.4%
65 and older	3,310	1.8%	3,800	2,064	1,246	60.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	108,460		126,026	63,487
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	230	0.2%	270	127	103	81.1%
Mining	145	0.1%	144	89	56	62.9%
Utilities	96	0.1%	83	71	25	35.2%
Construction	11,599	10.7%	12,429	5,774	5,825	100.9%
Manufacturing	35,137	32.3%	46,493	20,071	15,066	75.1%
Wholesale Trade	4,944	4.5%	5,588	2,334	2,610	111.8%
Retail Trade	7,496	6.9%	7,853	4,607	2,889	62.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,223	3.9%	5,075	2,748	1,475	53.7%
Information	1,327	1.2%	1,413	646	681	105.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,320	2.1%	2,267	1,648	672	40.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,169	1.1%	1,289	768	401	52.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,029	3.7%	4,307	2,157	1,872	86.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	454	0.4%	474	231	223	96.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,210	8.5%	10,521	5,500	3,710	67.5%
Educational Services	2,544	2.3%	2,615	1,374	1,170	85.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,503	6.0%	7,004	4,446	2,057	46.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,030	0.9%	1,131	582	448	77.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,288	4.9%	5,727	3,069	2,219	72.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,417	2.2%	2,593	1,403	1,014	72.3%
Public Administration	825	0.8%	863	545	280	51.4%
Information Not Available	7,474	6.9%	7,887	5,297	2,177	41.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kansas
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	48,323		54,582	20,160
Male	29,378	60.8%	33,726	10,279	19,099	185.8%
Female	18,945	39.2%	20,856	9,881	9,064	91.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	48,323		54,582	20,160
Hispanic or Latino	3,083	6.4%	3,379	1,348	1,735	128.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	22,003	45.5%	26,473	9,888	12,115	122.5%
Information Not Available	23,237	48.1%	24,730	8,924	14,313	160.4%

Race	48,323		54,582	20,160
American Indian or Alaskan Native	694	1.4%	754	286	408	142.7%
Asian	1,606	3.3%	1,894	268	1,338	499.3%
Black or African American	7,042	14.6%	7,254	3,384	3,658	108.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	113	0.2%	109	50	63	126.0%
White	35,508	73.5%	41,006	14,616	20,892	142.9%
Information Not Available	3,360	7.0%	3,565	1,556	1,804	115.9%

Years of Age	48,323		54,582	20,160
Younger than 22	1,289	1.6%	1,358	471	818	173.7%
22-24	3,009	3.7%	3,199	1,043	1,966	188.5%
25-34	12,591	15.5%	14,025	4,904	7,687	156.7%
35-44	11,275	13.9%	12,984	4,711	6,564	139.3%
45-54	11,880	14.6%	13,527	5,308	6,572	123.8%
55-59	4,241	5.2%	4,867	1,819	2,422	133.2%
60-64	2,596	3.2%	3,009	1,199	1,397	116.5%
65 and older	1,442	1.8%	1,613	705	737	104.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	48,323		54,582	20,160
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	178	0.4%	202	166	12	7.2%
Mining	726	1.5%	783	157	569	362.4%
Utilities	50	0.1%	51	29	21	72.4%
Construction	4,539	9.4%	4,542	1,944	2,595	133.5%
Manufacturing	13,998	28.9%	18,756	3,239	10,759	332.2%
Wholesale Trade	2,165	4.5%	2,725	889	1,276	143.5%
Retail Trade	3,022	6.2%	3,141	1,712	1,310	76.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,751	3.6%	1,862	662	1,089	164.5%
Information	2,083	4.3%	2,146	992	1,091	110.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,159	2.4%	1,084	782	377	48.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	475	1.0%	522	310	165	53.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,244	4.6%	2,315	1,061	1,183	111.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	169	0.3%	150	71	98	138.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,404	9.1%	4,647	2,118	2,286	107.9%
Educational Services	1,138	2.3%	1,168	487	651	133.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,353	6.9%	3,499	1,912	1,441	75.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	211	0.4%	233	145	66	45.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,703	3.5%	1,811	910	793	87.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,137	2.3%	1,253	632	505	79.9%
Public Administration	860	1.8%	917	467	393	84.2%
Information Not Available	2,958	6.1%	2,775	1,475	1,483	100.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Kentucky
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	68,239		76,732	36,174
Male	44,006	64.5%	48,962	21,701	22,305	102.8%
Female	24,233	35.5%	27,770	14,473	9,760	67.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	68,239		76,732	36,174
Hispanic or Latino	229	0.3%	215	91	138	151.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,383	2.0%	1,885	36,083	-34,700	-96.2%
Information Not Available	66,627	97.6%	74,632	0	66,627	0.0%

Race	68,239		76,732	36,174
American Indian or Alaskan Native	507	0.7%	658	240	267	111.3%
Asian	234	0.3%	246	118	116	98.3%
Black or African American	7,850	11.5%	8,403	4,753	3,097	65.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	4	27	-27	-100.0%
White	58,826	86.2%	66,601	30,496	28,330	92.9%
Information Not Available	822	1.2%	820	540	282	52.2%

Years of Age	68,239		76,732	36,174
Younger than 22	1,832	1.5%	1,912	702	1,130	161.0%
22-24	3,858	3.1%	4,284	1,699	2,159	127.1%
25-34	16,994	13.8%	19,111	9,013	7,981	88.5%
35-44	16,360	13.3%	18,529	9,792	6,568	67.1%
45-54	17,218	14.0%	19,492	9,375	7,843	83.7%
55-59	6,215	5.0%	6,863	2,751	3,464	125.9%
60-64	3,768	3.1%	4,356	1,686	2,082	123.5%
65 and older	1,985	1.6%	2,176	1,156	829	71.7%
Information Not Available	9	0.0%	9	0	9	0.0%

Industry	68,239		76,732	36,174
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	234	0.3%	219	63	171	271.4%
Mining	2,578	3.8%	2,409	322	2,256	700.6%
Utilities	36	0.1%	54	82	-46	-56.1%
Construction	8,443	12.3%	8,560	3,562	4,881	137.0%
Manufacturing	20,214	29.5%	25,974	10,558	9,656	91.5%
Wholesale Trade	2,825	4.1%	3,049	1,545	1,280	82.8%
Retail Trade	4,482	6.5%	4,916	2,470	2,012	81.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,683	5.4%	3,778	1,699	1,984	116.8%
Information	1,320	1.9%	1,504	761	559	73.5%
Finance and Insurance	1,666	2.4%	1,746	1,237	429	34.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	701	1.0%	752	417	284	68.1%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,434	3.6%	2,494	1,310	1,124	85.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	310	0.5%	461	145	165	113.8%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,998	7.3%	5,686	2,986	2,012	67.4%
Educational Services	1,410	2.1%	1,656	983	427	43.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	3,359	4.9%	3,290	2,297	1,062	46.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	624	0.9%	573	344	280	81.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,395	5.0%	3,295	1,704	1,691	99.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,513	2.2%	1,643	861	652	75.7%
Public Administration	409	0.6%	488	435	-26	-6.0%
Information Not Available	3,605	5.3%	4,185	2,393	1,212	50.6%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Louisiana
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	75,305		74,641	33,823
Male	41,292	54.8%	40,436	15,189	26,103	171.9%
Female	34,012	45.2%	34,205	18,633	15,379	82.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	75,305		74,641	33,823
Hispanic or Latino	2,046	2.7%	1,976	668	1,378	206.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	73,037	97.0%	72,460	33,085	39,952	120.8%
Information Not Available	222	0.3%	205	70	152	217.1%

Race	75,305		74,641	33,823
American Indian or Alaskan Native	498	0.7%	508	149	349	234.2%
Asian	644	0.9%	615	214	430	200.9%
Black or African American	40,031	53.2%	39,813	18,766	21,265	113.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	124	0.2%	134	33	91	275.8%
White	33,956	45.1%	33,533	14,632	19,324	132.1%
Information Not Available	52	0.1%	38	29	23	79.3%

Years of Age	75,305		74,641	33,823
Younger than 22	2,420	2.3%	2,250	794	1,626	204.8%
22-24	5,103	4.8%	4,878	1,885	3,218	170.7%
25-34	20,730	19.7%	20,108	8,334	12,396	148.7%
35-44	17,009	16.1%	16,882	7,783	9,226	118.5%
45-54	17,639	16.7%	17,737	8,626	9,013	104.5%
55-59	6,006	5.7%	6,255	3,017	2,989	99.1%
60-64	3,862	3.7%	3,954	1,967	1,895	96.3%
65 and older	2,534	2.4%	2,575	1,417	1,117	78.8%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%

Industry	75,305		74,641	33,823
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	429	0.6%	485	172	257	149.4%
Mining	1,974	2.6%	2,059	266	1,708	642.1%
Utilities	164	0.2%	215	69	95	137.7%
Construction	9,753	12.9%	9,608	3,904	5,849	149.8%
Manufacturing	6,786	9.0%	7,601	2,500	4,286	171.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,948	2.6%	1,942	686	1,262	184.0%
Retail Trade	4,942	6.5%	4,866	2,335	2,607	111.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,632	3.5%	2,855	962	1,670	173.6%
Information	863	1.1%	903	527	336	63.8%
Finance and Insurance	1,261	1.7%	1,191	653	608	93.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,057	1.4%	1,041	399	658	164.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,520	4.6%	3,536	1,511	2,009	133.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	267	0.4%	278	108	159	147.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,515	6.0%	4,501	2,130	2,385	112.0%
Educational Services	1,592	2.1%	1,635	1,009	583	57.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,636	7.4%	5,810	3,151	2,485	78.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	963	1.3%	922	490	473	96.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,079	5.4%	3,808	1,777	2,302	129.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,361	3.1%	2,442	1,560	801	51.3%
Public Administration	1,220	1.6%	1,258	574	646	112.5%
Information Not Available	19,343	25.5%	17,685	9,040	10,303	114.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Massachusetts
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	144,542		154,343	94,659
Male	81,358	56.3%	88,468	51,707	29,651	57.3%
Female	63,184	43.7%	65,875	42,952	20,232	47.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	144,542		154,343	94,659
Hispanic or Latino	14,131	9.8%	14,557	9,423	4,708	50.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	127,369	88.1%	136,564	83,209	44,160	53.1%
Information Not Available	3,042	2.1%	3,222	2,027	1,015	50.1%

Race	144,542		154,343	94,659
American Indian or Alaskan Native	325	0.2%	367	230	95	41.3%
Asian	4,995	3.5%	5,405	2,753	2,242	81.4%
Black or African American	12,175	8.4%	12,550	8,841	3,334	37.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	95	0.1%	111	69	26	37.7%
White	115,797	80.1%	124,332	74,613	41,184	55.2%
Information Not Available	11,155	7.7%	11,578	8,153	3,002	36.8%

Years of Age	144,542		154,343	94,659
Younger than 22	3,974	1.6%	4,181	2,532	1,442	57.0%
22-24	7,880	3.1%	8,354	4,496	3,384	75.3%
25-34	30,919	12.4%	33,071	19,307	11,612	60.1%
35-44	33,869	13.5%	36,440	23,117	10,752	46.5%
45-54	37,102	14.8%	39,809	24,745	12,357	49.9%
55-59	13,932	5.6%	14,728	9,233	4,699	50.9%
60-64	10,128	4.0%	10,696	6,685	3,443	51.5%
65 and older	6,738	2.7%	7,064	4,544	2,194	48.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	144,542		154,343	94,659
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	510	0.4%	465	462	48	10.4%
Mining	76	0.1%	103	84	-8	-9.5%
Utilities	120	0.1%	121	70	50	71.4%
Construction	16,092	11.1%	17,829	9,754	6,338	65.0%
Manufacturing	18,989	13.1%	21,265	9,636	9,353	97.1%
Wholesale Trade	7,682	5.3%	8,298	4,606	3,076	66.8%
Retail Trade	11,924	8.2%	13,039	8,115	3,809	46.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,055	6.2%	8,893	7,585	1,470	19.4%
Information	3,977	2.7%	4,288	2,204	1,773	80.4%
Finance and Insurance	6,688	4.6%	7,190	3,831	2,857	74.6%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,861	1.3%	2,012	1,324	537	40.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	12,698	8.8%	13,585	6,364	6,334	99.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	605	0.4%	635	254	351	138.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,591	8.7%	13,660	8,680	3,911	45.1%
Educational Services	3,577	2.5%	3,611	1,909	1,668	87.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,078	7.6%	11,067	7,732	3,346	43.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,510	1.0%	1,655	1,002	508	50.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,402	6.5%	9,641	6,705	2,697	40.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,295	3.7%	5,391	3,688	1,607	43.6%
Public Administration	5,764	4.0%	5,918	3,410	2,354	69.0%
Information Not Available	5,048	3.5%	5,677	7,244	-2,196	-30.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maryland
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	85,548		88,514	49,904
Male	46,907	54.8%	49,385	25,044	21,863	87.3%
Female	38,641	45.2%	39,129	24,860	13,781	55.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	85,548		88,514	49,904
Hispanic or Latino	4,717	5.5%	4,804	1,793	2,924	163.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,512	92.9%	82,360	47,151	32,361	68.6%
Information Not Available	1,319	1.5%	1,350	960	359	37.4%

Race	85,548		88,514	49,904
American Indian or Alaskan Native	273	0.3%	260	126	147	116.7%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	34,241	40.0%	34,794	22,311	11,930	53.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	152	0.2%	154	78	74	94.9%
White	44,843	52.4%	47,152	24,636	20,207	82.0%
Information Not Available	6,038	7.1%	6,154	2,753	3,285	119.3%

Years of Age	85,548		88,514	49,904
Younger than 22	3,018	2.4%	2,903	1,455	1,563	107.4%
22-24	5,443	4.3%	5,549	2,855	2,588	90.6%
25-34	20,327	16.2%	20,968	11,329	8,998	79.4%
35-44	19,210	15.3%	19,828	11,778	7,432	63.1%
45-54	21,081	16.8%	21,985	12,659	8,422	66.5%
55-59	7,327	5.9%	7,696	4,322	3,005	69.5%
60-64	5,215	4.2%	5,450	2,990	2,225	74.4%
65 and older	3,927	3.1%	4,135	2,516	1,411	56.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	85,548		88,514	49,904
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	120	0.1%	127	86	34	39.5%
Mining	98	0.1%	199	24	74	308.3%
Utilities	98	0.1%	114	43	55	127.9%
Construction	13,040	15.2%	13,771	6,281	6,759	107.6%
Manufacturing	933	1.1%	891	603	330	54.7%
Wholesale Trade	3,632	4.2%	3,875	1,954	1,678	85.9%
Retail Trade	2,778	3.2%	2,872	1,876	902	48.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	4,331	5.1%	4,160	3,292	1,039	31.6%
Information	1,876	2.2%	1,937	970	906	93.4%
Finance and Insurance	3,448	4.0%	3,627	2,256	1,192	52.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,747	2.0%	1,868	1,151	596	51.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	7,074	8.3%	7,392	3,604	3,470	96.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	351	0.4%	386	143	208	145.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	9,301	10.9%	9,660	6,111	3,190	52.2%
Educational Services	3,578	4.2%	3,406	1,566	2,012	128.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,579	7.7%	6,405	4,097	2,482	60.6%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	909	1.1%	948	489	420	85.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	5,380	6.3%	5,378	3,439	1,941	56.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,443	2.9%	2,522	1,719	724	42.1%
Public Administration	1,096	1.3%	1,097	673	423	62.9%
Information Not Available	16,736	19.5%	17,879	9,527	7,209	75.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Maine
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	14,721		16,067	8,935
Male	8,444	57.4%	9,551	4,790	3,654	76.3%
Female	6,277	42.6%	6,516	4,145	2,132	51.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	14,721		16,067	8,935
Hispanic or Latino	124	0.8%	137	44	80	181.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,038	68.2%	10,578	7,139	2,899	40.6%
Information Not Available	4,559	31.0%	5,352	1,752	2,807	160.2%

Race	14,721		16,067	8,935
American Indian or Alaskan Native	108	0.7%	117	71	37	52.1%
Asian	99	0.7%	102	49	50	102.0%
Black or African American	128	0.9%	145	91	37	40.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	10,879	73.9%	11,611	7,460	3,419	45.8%
Information Not Available	3,507	23.8%	4,092	1,264	2,243	177.5%

Years of Age	14,721		16,067	8,935
Younger than 22	447	1.8%	442	324	123	38.0%
22-24	862	3.5%	879	485	377	77.7%
25-34	3,026	12.3%	3,385	1,726	1,300	75.3%
35-44	3,338	13.6%	3,687	2,089	1,249	59.8%
45-54	3,970	16.2%	4,361	2,432	1,538	63.2%
55-59	1,528	6.2%	1,607	982	546	55.6%
60-64	1,056	4.3%	1,167	633	423	66.8%
65 and older	494	2.0%	539	264	230	87.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	14,721		16,067	8,935
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	1.5%	326	180	39	21.7%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	2	-2	-100.0%
Utilities	27	0.2%	38	102	-75	-73.5%
Construction	1,240	8.3%	1,365	755	485	64.2%
Manufacturing	2,246	15.0%	2,534	1,037	1,209	116.6%
Wholesale Trade	430	2.9%	451	260	170	65.4%
Retail Trade	1,186	7.9%	1,303	831	355	42.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	407	2.7%	464	319	88	27.6%
Information	177	1.2%	183	101	76	75.2%
Finance and Insurance	238	1.6%	238	149	89	59.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	104	0.7%	117	70	34	48.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	492	3.3%	535	286	206	72.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	29	0.2%	21	15	14	93.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	634	4.2%	688	524	110	21.0%
Educational Services	257	1.7%	260	258	-1	-0.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,000	6.7%	1,052	820	180	22.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	206	1.4%	249	113	93	82.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	559	3.7%	543	418	141	33.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	346	2.3%	353	283	63	22.3%
Public Administration	146	1.0%	158	116	30	25.9%
Information Not Available	4,778	32.0%	5,189	2,296	2,482	108.1%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Michigan
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	221,355		270,758	147,268
Male	132,960	60.1%	169,711	83,068	49,892	60.1%
Female	88,371	39.9%	101,012	64,141	24,230	37.8%
Information Not Available	24	0.0%	35	59	-35	-59.3%

Ethnicity	221,355		270,758	147,268
Hispanic or Latino	5,899	2.7%	7,530	3,895	2,004	51.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	177,719	80.3%	219,490	109,919	67,800	61.7%
Information Not Available	37,737	17.0%	43,738	33,454	4,283	12.8%

Race	221,355		270,758	147,268
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,790	0.8%	2,097	1,052	738	70.2%
Asian	3,031	1.4%	3,791	1,355	1,676	123.7%
Black or African American	28,540	12.9%	33,622	22,852	5,688	24.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	184	0.1%	199	82	102	124.4%
White	141,017	63.7%	176,313	83,826	57,191	68.2%
Information Not Available	46,793	21.1%	54,736	38,101	8,692	22.8%

Years of Age	221,355		270,758	147,268
Younger than 22	6,131	1.8%	6,937	4,083	2,048	50.2%
22-24	12,069	3.4%	13,962	7,681	4,388	57.1%
25-34	50,080	14.3%	59,347	33,858	16,222	47.9%
35-44	56,108	16.0%	70,975	40,122	15,986	39.8%
45-54	59,128	16.9%	74,229	38,840	20,288	52.2%
55-59	20,417	5.8%	25,155	12,597	7,820	62.1%
60-64	12,033	3.4%	14,127	6,784	5,249	77.4%
65 and older	5,327	1.5%	5,942	3,209	2,118	66.0%
Information Not Available	62	0.0%	84	94	-32	-34.0%

Industry	221,355		270,758	147,268
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	775	0.3%	865	547	228	41.7%
Mining	462	0.2%	475	113	349	308.8%
Utilities	83	0.0%	87	56	27	48.2%
Construction	17,928	8.1%	20,110	9,674	8,254	85.3%
Manufacturing	57,343	25.8%	90,279	40,218	17,125	42.6%
Wholesale Trade	10,937	4.9%	13,324	4,383	6,554	149.5%
Retail Trade	15,779	7.1%	16,830	9,653	6,126	63.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,736	3.0%	8,426	4,788	1,948	40.7%
Information	2,608	1.2%	2,626	1,470	1,138	77.4%
Finance and Insurance	5,586	2.5%	5,582	4,326	1,260	29.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,792	1.3%	3,391	1,647	1,145	69.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	14,408	6.5%	16,291	8,217	6,191	75.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	2,649	1.2%	1,999	787	1,862	236.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	21,813	9.8%	25,673	14,985	6,828	45.6%
Educational Services	6,705	3.0%	6,041	4,206	2,499	59.4%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14,695	6.6%	14,182	10,770	3,925	36.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,540	1.1%	2,680	1,924	616	32.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	9,292	4.2%	9,802	6,390	2,902	45.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,625	2.1%	4,766	2,986	1,639	54.9%
Public Administration	1,822	0.8%	1,734	1,026	796	77.6%
Information Not Available	21,777	9.8%	25,595	19,102	2,675	14.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Minnesota
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	91,652		97,621	41,319
Male	54,671	59.7%	60,096	22,560	32,111	142.3%
Female	36,969	40.3%	37,501	18,755	18,214	97.1%
Information Not Available	12	0.0%	24	4	8	200.0%

Ethnicity	91,652		97,621	41,319
Hispanic or Latino	2,739	3.0%	2,965	1,177	1,562	132.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	78,922	86.1%	83,911	35,681	43,241	121.2%
Information Not Available	9,991	10.9%	10,745	4,461	5,530	124.0%

Race	91,652		97,621	41,319
American Indian or Alaskan Native	924	1.0%	986	602	322	53.5%
Asian	3,173	3.5%	3,433	1,089	2,084	191.4%
Black or African American	6,298	6.9%	6,440	3,506	2,792	79.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	178	0.2%	203	82	96	117.1%
White	75,003	81.8%	80,192	33,155	41,848	126.2%
Information Not Available	6,076	6.6%	6,367	2,885	3,191	110.6%

Years of Age	91,652		97,621	41,319
Younger than 22	2,171	1.3%	2,220	801	1,370	171.0%
22-24	5,372	3.3%	5,686	2,172	3,200	147.3%
25-34	22,594	14.0%	24,085	10,055	12,539	124.7%
35-44	20,222	12.6%	21,739	9,527	10,695	112.3%
45-54	23,555	14.6%	25,083	10,838	12,717	117.3%
55-59	8,947	5.6%	9,694	4,052	4,895	120.8%
60-64	5,825	3.6%	6,035	2,511	3,314	132.0%
65 and older	2,897	1.8%	2,999	1,316	1,581	120.1%
Information Not Available	69	0.0%	80	47	22	46.8%

Industry	91,652		97,621	41,319
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	433	0.5%	452	239	194	81.2%
Mining	1,156	1.3%	1,654	34	1,122	3300.0%
Utilities	289	0.3%	308	116	173	149.1%
Construction	10,284	11.2%	11,786	5,111	5,173	101.2%
Manufacturing	20,382	22.1%	23,320	5,946	14,436	242.8%
Wholesale Trade	5,114	5.6%	5,427	2,452	2,662	108.6%
Retail Trade	7,349	8.0%	7,596	3,863	3,486	90.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,598	2.8%	2,811	1,415	1,183	83.6%
Information	2,002	2.2%	1,889	989	1,013	102.4%
Finance and Insurance	2,867	3.1%	2,773	1,618	1,249	77.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,127	1.2%	1,155	750	377	50.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	5,909	6.4%	6,146	2,541	3,368	132.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,988	2.2%	1,992	776	1,212	156.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	6,885	7.5%	7,111	3,233	3,652	113.0%
Educational Services	3,192	3.5%	3,036	1,599	1,593	99.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	6,238	6.8%	6,043	3,194	3,044	95.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	932	1.0%	962	566	366	64.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,466	4.8%	4,421	2,453	2,013	82.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	3,102	3.4%	3,287	1,848	1,254	67.9%
Public Administration	1,264	1.4%	1,217	684	580	84.8%
Information Not Available	4,075	4.4%	4,235	1,892	2,183	115.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Missouri
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,054		107,088	56,464
Male	56,014	56.0%	60,011	28,702	27,312	95.2%
Female	44,018	44.0%	47,057	27,755	16,263	58.6%
Information Not Available	22	0.0%	20	7	15	214.3%

Ethnicity	100,054		107,088	56,464
Hispanic or Latino	1,355	1.4%	1,571	465	890	191.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,213	45.2%	47,941	15,668	29,545	188.6%
Information Not Available	53,486	53.5%	57,576	40,331	13,155	32.6%

Race	100,054		107,088	56,464
American Indian or Alaskan Native	656	0.7%	732	312	344	110.3%
Asian	902	0.9%	1,009	367	535	145.8%
Black or African American	19,642	19.6%	19,727	9,343	10,299	110.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	917	0.9%	919	419	498	118.9%
White	69,661	69.6%	75,310	30,468	39,193	128.6%
Information Not Available	8,276	8.3%	9,391	15,555	-7,279	-46.8%

Years of Age	100,054		107,088	56,464
Younger than 22	2,761	1.7%	2,770	1,374	1,387	100.9%
22-24	5,652	3.5%	5,942	2,638	3,014	114.3%
25-34	23,146	14.1%	24,582	12,290	10,856	88.3%
35-44	24,051	14.7%	25,132	14,475	9,576	66.2%
45-54	25,868	15.8%	28,195	15,408	10,460	67.9%
55-59	8,825	5.4%	9,826	4,870	3,955	81.2%
60-64	5,901	3.6%	6,467	3,049	2,852	93.5%
65 and older	3,793	2.3%	4,117	2,309	1,484	64.3%
Information Not Available	57	0.0%	57	51	6	11.8%

Industry	100,054		107,088	56,464
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	327	0.3%	328	209	118	56.5%
Mining	361	0.4%	434	128	233	182.0%
Utilities	110	0.1%	103	96	14	14.6%
Construction	13,679	13.6%	13,989	5,578	8,101	145.2%
Manufacturing	18,804	18.7%	22,854	11,379	7,425	65.3%
Wholesale Trade	4,896	4.9%	5,110	2,173	2,723	125.3%
Retail Trade	9,015	9.0%	9,246	5,069	3,946	77.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	6,707	6.7%	6,708	4,178	2,529	60.5%
Information	2,161	2.2%	2,432	1,209	952	78.7%
Finance and Insurance	3,301	3.3%	3,411	2,285	1,016	44.5%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,547	1.5%	1,733	987	560	56.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,914	4.9%	5,015	2,287	2,627	114.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	280	0.3%	296	263	17	6.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,014	10.0%	10,556	5,088	4,926	96.8%
Educational Services	2,391	2.4%	2,516	1,475	916	62.1%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	7,018	7.0%	7,243	4,765	2,253	47.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,162	1.2%	1,196	840	322	38.3%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,271	7.2%	7,816	4,370	2,901	66.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,755	2.7%	2,819	1,710	1,045	61.1%
Public Administration	799	0.8%	805	483	316	65.4%
Information Not Available	2,542	2.5%	2,478	1,892	650	34.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Mississippi
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	39,530		52,688	26,990
Male	19,179	48.5%	25,344	12,365	6,814	55.1%
Female	20,350	51.5%	27,344	14,625	5,725	39.1%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Ethnicity	39,530		52,688	26,990
Hispanic or Latino	410	1.0%	645	357	53	14.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39,119	99.0%	52,043	25,579	13,540	52.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	1,054	-1,053	-99.9%

Race	39,530		52,688	26,990
American Indian or Alaskan Native	73	0.2%	146	50	23	46.0%
Asian	91	0.2%	159	117	-26	-22.2%
Black or African American	23,916	60.5%	31,956	16,536	7,380	44.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	249	0.6%	337	2	247	12350.0%
White	15,200	38.5%	20,090	9,404	5,796	61.6%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	881	-880	-99.9%

Years of Age	39,530		52,688	26,990
Younger than 22	1,300	2.5%	1,674	822	478	58.2%
22-24	2,709	5.1%	3,310	1,820	889	48.8%
25-34	10,623	20.1%	13,978	6,944	3,679	53.0%
35-44	9,291	17.6%	12,595	6,460	2,831	43.8%
45-54	9,073	17.2%	12,167	6,486	2,587	39.9%
55-59	3,167	6.0%	4,277	2,153	1,014	47.1%
60-64	1,980	3.8%	2,732	1,292	688	53.3%
65 and older	1,387	2.6%	1,955	1,013	374	36.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	39,530		52,688	26,990
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	592	1.5%	613	376	216	57.4%
Mining	397	1.0%	525	76	321	422.4%
Utilities	38	0.1%	53	33	5	15.2%
Construction	3,471	8.7%	4,435	1,592	1,879	118.0%
Manufacturing	10,522	26.2%	14,213	6,764	3,758	55.6%
Wholesale Trade	1,120	2.8%	1,481	641	479	74.7%
Retail Trade	3,759	9.4%	5,016	2,581	1,178	45.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,306	3.3%	1,977	793	513	64.7%
Information	317	0.8%	420	184	133	72.3%
Finance and Insurance	617	1.5%	733	386	231	59.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	401	1.0%	509	271	130	48.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,125	2.8%	1,460	612	513	83.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	114	0.3%	159	31	83	267.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	3,373	8.4%	4,568	2,162	1,211	56.0%
Educational Services	1,010	2.5%	1,255	626	384	61.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,306	13.2%	7,365	3,813	1,493	39.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	288	0.7%	368	222	66	29.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	3,570	8.9%	4,781	2,103	1,467	69.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	667	1.7%	797	391	276	70.6%
Public Administration	510	1.3%	686	399	111	27.8%
Information Not Available	1,027	2.6%	1,274	2,934	-1,907	-65.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Montana
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	9,946		10,652	4,211
Male	5,842	58.7%	6,362	2,085	3,757	180.2%
Female	4,068	40.9%	4,254	2,115	1,953	92.3%
Information Not Available	36	0.4%	36	11	25	227.3%

Ethnicity	9,946		10,652	4,211
Hispanic or Latino	307	3.1%	309	134	173	129.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	9,000	90.5%	9,659	3,823	5,177	135.4%
Information Not Available	639	6.4%	684	254	385	151.6%

Race	9,946		10,652	4,211
American Indian or Alaskan Native	813	8.2%	873	502	311	62.0%
Asian	43	0.4%	43	16	27	168.8%
Black or African American	64	0.6%	55	20	44	220.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.3%	33	8	25	312.5%
White	8,908	89.6%	9,566	3,628	5,280	145.5%
Information Not Available	85	0.9%	82	37	48	129.7%

Years of Age	9,946		10,652	4,211
Younger than 22	318	1.7%	357	101	217	214.9%
22-24	663	3.6%	721	209	454	217.2%
25-34	2,433	13.3%	2,654	905	1,528	168.8%
35-44	2,126	11.6%	2,306	904	1,222	135.2%
45-54	2,465	13.5%	2,614	1,149	1,316	114.5%
55-59	1,006	5.5%	1,025	487	519	106.6%
60-64	598	3.3%	624	263	335	127.4%
65 and older	337	1.8%	351	193	144	74.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	9,946		10,652	4,211
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	95	0.9%	107	31	64	206.5%
Mining	378	3.8%	442	63	315	500.0%
Utilities	51	0.5%	51	24	27	112.5%
Construction	1,723	17.2%	1,963	602	1,121	186.2%
Manufacturing	1,191	11.9%	1,323	332	859	258.7%
Wholesale Trade	282	2.8%	272	99	183	184.8%
Retail Trade	1,030	10.3%	1,151	392	638	162.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	447	4.5%	428	206	241	117.0%
Information	181	1.8%	185	77	104	135.1%
Finance and Insurance	185	1.8%	194	138	47	34.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	154	1.5%	167	57	97	170.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	457	4.6%	453	170	287	168.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	7	0.1%	10	2	5	250.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	655	6.5%	696	306	349	114.1%
Educational Services	310	3.1%	314	207	103	49.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	858	8.5%	838	523	335	64.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	214	2.1%	236	110	104	94.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	981	9.8%	1,017	419	562	134.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	305	3.0%	328	160	145	90.6%
Public Administration	300	3.0%	333	206	94	45.6%
Information Not Available	142	1.4%	144	87	55	63.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Carolina
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	189,662		197,684	98,730
Male	107,709	56.8%	113,490	52,441	55,268	105.4%
Female	81,945	43.2%	84,190	46,285	35,660	77.0%
Information Not Available	8	0.0%	4	4	4	100.0%

Ethnicity	189,662		197,684	98,730
Hispanic or Latino	9,071	4.8%	9,527	3,468	5,603	161.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	175,556	92.6%	182,475	92,741	82,815	89.3%
Information Not Available	5,035	2.7%	5,682	2,521	2,514	99.7%

Race	189,662		197,684	98,730
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,132	1.1%	2,148	1,302	830	63.7%
Asian	2,456	1.3%	2,679	852	1,604	188.3%
Black or African American	61,128	32.2%	63,082	37,204	23,924	64.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	285	0.2%	283	132	153	115.9%
White	113,383	59.8%	118,771	53,874	59,509	110.5%
Information Not Available	10,278	5.4%	10,721	5,366	4,912	91.5%

Years of Age	189,662		197,684	98,730
Younger than 22	6,071	2.1%	6,327	3,137	2,934	93.5%
22-24	11,043	3.8%	11,448	5,638	5,405	95.9%
25-34	43,818	15.0%	45,517	23,762	20,056	84.4%
35-44	48,007	16.5%	50,150	25,864	22,143	85.6%
45-54	46,759	16.0%	48,767	23,653	23,106	97.7%
55-59	16,620	5.7%	17,378	8,343	8,277	99.2%
60-64	11,338	3.9%	11,825	5,356	5,982	111.7%
65 and older	6,006	2.1%	6,272	2,977	3,029	101.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	189,662		197,684	98,730
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	500	0.3%	505	423	77	18.2%
Mining	130	0.1%	189	55	75	136.4%
Utilities	130	0.1%	131	69	61	88.4%
Construction	20,008	10.5%	21,139	10,842	9,166	84.5%
Manufacturing	44,225	23.3%	48,460	19,879	24,346	122.5%
Wholesale Trade	8,101	4.3%	8,630	4,087	4,014	98.2%
Retail Trade	15,374	8.1%	15,974	8,260	7,114	86.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	5,262	2.8%	5,800	2,629	2,633	100.2%
Information	2,580	1.4%	2,494	1,324	1,256	94.9%
Finance and Insurance	4,559	2.4%	4,548	2,474	2,085	84.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,221	1.2%	2,319	1,179	1,042	88.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,421	5.0%	9,802	4,448	4,973	111.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	501	0.3%	562	441	60	13.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	17,017	8.9%	17,762	10,680	6,337	59.3%
Educational Services	5,410	2.8%	4,881	2,099	3,311	157.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	11,570	6.1%	11,216	7,624	3,946	51.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,150	0.6%	1,212	677	473	69.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,739	4.6%	8,638	4,933	3,806	77.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,985	1.6%	3,132	1,689	1,296	76.7%
Public Administration	1,463	0.8%	1,458	843	620	73.5%
Information Not Available	28,316	14.9%	28,832	14,075	14,241	101.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants North Dakota
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,816		5,190	2,455
Male	2,829	58.7%	3,198	1,285	1,544	120.2%
Female	1,984	41.2%	1,989	1,167	817	70.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.1%	3	3	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,816		5,190	2,455
Hispanic or Latino	142	2.9%	138	66	76	115.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,562	94.7%	4,952	2,335	2,227	95.4%
Information Not Available	112	2.3%	100	54	58	107.4%

Race	4,816		5,190	2,455
American Indian or Alaskan Native	390	8.1%	477	331	59	17.8%
Asian	60	1.2%	50	11	49	445.5%
Black or African American	119	2.5%	125	22	97	440.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	0.2%	9	5	3	60.0%
White	3,985	82.7%	4,291	1,966	2,019	102.7%
Information Not Available	254	5.3%	238	120	134	111.7%

Years of Age	4,816		5,190	2,455
Younger than 22	90	1.1%	98	42	48	114.3%
22-24	227	2.7%	240	98	129	131.6%
25-34	1,187	14.0%	1,283	509	678	133.2%
35-44	1,025	12.1%	1,168	520	505	97.1%
45-54	1,248	14.7%	1,327	716	532	74.3%
55-59	507	6.0%	542	275	232	84.4%
60-64	310	3.7%	308	151	159	105.3%
65 and older	221	2.6%	222	140	81	57.9%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%

Industry	4,816		5,190	2,455
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	127	2.6%	109	99	28	28.3%
Mining	218	4.4%	287	12	206	1716.7%
Utilities	2	0.0%	3	4	-2	-50.0%
Construction	420	8.5%	486	289	131	45.3%
Manufacturing	1,482	30.0%	1,501	453	1,029	227.2%
Wholesale Trade	196	4.0%	234	88	108	122.7%
Retail Trade	242	4.9%	279	151	91	60.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	230	4.7%	235	119	111	93.3%
Information	92	1.9%	95	54	38	70.4%
Finance and Insurance	143	2.9%	152	57	86	150.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	31	0.6%	49	22	9	40.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	298	6.0%	273	67	231	344.8%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	35	0.7%	30	29	6	20.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	235	4.8%	238	89	146	164.0%
Educational Services	11	0.2%	10	6	5	83.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	202	4.1%	199	164	38	23.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	15	0.3%	18	6	9	150.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	185	3.7%	183	93	92	98.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	80	1.6%	89	52	28	53.8%
Public Administration	299	6.0%	339	329	-30	-9.1%
Information Not Available	273	5.5%	381	272	1	0.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nebraska
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	25,918		26,376	13,498
Male	13,397	51.7%	13,582	6,051	7,346	121.4%
Female	11,489	44.3%	11,605	6,915	4,574	66.1%
Information Not Available	1,032	4.0%	1,189	532	500	94.0%

Ethnicity	25,918		26,376	13,498
Hispanic or Latino	1,019	3.9%	1,095	436	583	133.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	20,643	79.6%	20,821	10,494	10,149	96.7%
Information Not Available	4,256	16.4%	4,460	2,568	1,688	65.7%

Race	25,918		26,376	13,498
American Indian or Alaskan Native	296	1.1%	303	149	147	98.7%
Asian	302	1.2%	303	124	178	143.5%
Black or African American	1,728	6.7%	1,726	1,094	634	58.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	42	0.2%	47	17	25	147.1%
White	12,805	49.4%	12,971	5,725	7,080	123.7%
Information Not Available	10,745	41.5%	11,026	6,389	4,356	68.2%

Years of Age	25,918		26,376	13,498
Younger than 22	838	2.3%	872	313	525	167.7%
22-24	1,719	4.6%	1,740	708	1,011	142.8%
25-34	6,407	17.2%	6,486	3,080	3,327	108.0%
35-44	5,778	15.5%	5,874	3,129	2,649	84.7%
45-54	6,337	17.0%	6,436	3,624	2,713	74.9%
55-59	2,239	6.0%	2,273	1,237	1,002	81.0%
60-64	1,536	4.1%	1,569	799	737	92.2%
65 and older	1,064	2.9%	1,126	608	456	75.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	25,918		26,376	13,498
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	172	0.7%	174	118	54	45.8%
Mining	42	0.2%	51	12	30	250.0%
Utilities	25	0.1%	27	24	1	4.2%
Construction	2,236	8.6%	2,227	964	1,272	132.0%
Manufacturing	5,670	21.7%	5,627	2,071	3,599	173.8%
Wholesale Trade	948	3.6%	993	457	491	107.4%
Retail Trade	2,699	10.3%	2,774	1,510	1,189	78.7%
Transporation and Warehousing	930	3.6%	994	563	367	65.2%
Information	589	2.3%	576	341	248	72.7%
Finance and Insurance	1,095	4.2%	1,073	622	473	76.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	279	1.1%	260	193	86	44.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,124	4.3%	1,146	629	495	78.7%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	159	0.6%	156	59	100	169.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,577	9.9%	2,700	1,367	1,210	88.5%
Educational Services	472	1.8%	482	325	147	45.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,181	8.4%	2,228	1,446	735	50.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	267	1.0%	284	162	105	64.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,860	7.1%	1,892	1,096	764	69.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	529	2.0%	537	329	200	60.8%
Public Administration	486	1.9%	505	336	150	44.6%
Information Not Available	1,578	6.0%	1,670	874	704	80.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Hampshire
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	13,636		22,658	9,239
Male	7,683	56.3%	12,766	4,609	3,074	66.7%
Female	5,953	43.7%	9,892	4,630	1,323	28.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	13,636		22,658	9,239
Hispanic or Latino	459	3.4%	763	283	176	62.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,132	74.3%	16,836	6,822	3,310	48.5%
Information Not Available	3,045	22.3%	5,059	2,134	911	42.7%

Race	13,636		22,658	9,239
American Indian or Alaskan Native	39	0.3%	64	39	0	0.0%
Asian	297	2.2%	493	126	171	135.7%
Black or African American	196	1.4%	326	157	39	24.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	0.1%	28	6	11	183.3%
White	12,237	89.7%	20,334	8,377	3,860	46.1%
Information Not Available	850	6.2%	1,413	534	316	59.2%

Years of Age	13,636		22,658	9,239
Younger than 22	338	1.4%	562	162	176	108.6%
22-24	667	2.7%	1,108	366	301	82.2%
25-34	2,583	10.4%	4,292	1,563	1,020	65.3%
35-44	2,974	12.0%	4,942	2,126	848	39.9%
45-54	3,764	15.2%	6,255	2,738	1,026	37.5%
55-59	1,506	6.1%	2,502	1,061	445	41.9%
60-64	1,150	4.7%	1,911	756	394	52.1%
65 and older	654	2.6%	1,086	467	187	40.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	13,636		22,658	9,239
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	50	0.4%	83	37	13	35.1%
Mining	11	0.1%	18	11	0	0.0%
Utilities	5	0.0%	9	4	1	25.0%
Construction	1,139	8.3%	1,892	632	507	80.2%
Manufacturing	2,949	21.5%	4,900	1,264	1,685	133.3%
Wholesale Trade	714	5.2%	1,186	421	293	69.6%
Retail Trade	1,555	11.4%	2,584	1,040	515	49.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	711	5.2%	1,181	894	-183	-20.5%
Information	266	1.9%	442	130	136	104.6%
Finance and Insurance	408	3.0%	678	304	104	34.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	176	1.3%	293	102	74	72.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	721	5.3%	1,198	445	276	62.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	45	0.3%	74	23	22	95.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,113	8.1%	1,850	857	256	29.9%
Educational Services	439	3.2%	729	330	109	33.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	716	5.2%	1,189	679	37	5.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	132	1.0%	220	62	70	112.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	710	5.2%	1,179	474	236	49.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	345	2.5%	574	300	45	15.0%
Public Administration	191	1.4%	318	132	59	44.7%
Information Not Available	1,240	9.1%	2,061	1,098	142	12.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Jersey
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	201,222		212,414	136,987
Male	102,799	51.1%	110,482	65,265	37,534	57.5%
Female	98,423	48.9%	101,932	71,722	26,701	37.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	201,222		212,414	136,987
Hispanic or Latino	37,795	18.8%	40,212	26,000	11,795	45.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	140,734	69.9%	148,496	99,518	41,216	41.4%
Information Not Available	22,693	11.3%	23,706	11,469	11,224	97.9%

Race	201,222		212,414	136,987
American Indian or Alaskan Native	694	0.3%	750	455	239	52.5%
Asian	8,095	4.0%	8,865	4,234	3,861	91.2%
Black or African American	38,494	19.1%	39,696	30,022	8,472	28.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,201	0.6%	1,259	805	396	49.2%
White	122,726	61.0%	130,064	81,919	40,807	49.8%
Information Not Available	30,012	14.9%	31,780	19,552	10,460	53.5%

Years of Age	201,222		212,414	136,987
Younger than 22	32,897	10.4%	34,186	18,033	14,864	82.4%
22-24	13,492	4.3%	14,266	9,384	4,108	43.8%
25-34	40,999	12.9%	43,362	28,237	12,762	45.2%
35-44	48,551	15.3%	51,613	33,807	14,744	43.6%
45-54	39,818	12.6%	42,370	27,820	11,998	43.1%
55-59	12,952	4.1%	13,692	9,294	3,658	39.4%
60-64	6,819	2.2%	7,148	5,287	1,532	29.0%
65 and older	5,694	1.8%	5,777	5,125	569	11.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	201,222		212,414	136,987
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	191	0.1%	179	127	64	50.4%
Mining	72	0.0%	99	42	30	71.4%
Utilities	182	0.1%	166	127	55	43.3%
Construction	17,051	8.5%	18,714	10,156	6,895	67.9%
Manufacturing	18,668	9.3%	20,753	10,734	7,934	73.9%
Wholesale Trade	11,437	5.7%	12,335	6,945	4,492	64.7%
Retail Trade	22,370	11.1%	23,877	14,180	8,190	57.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	15,308	7.6%	14,682	12,022	3,286	27.3%
Information	4,226	2.1%	4,515	2,840	1,386	48.8%
Finance and Insurance	8,163	4.1%	8,762	5,818	2,345	40.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,979	1.5%	3,124	2,072	907	43.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	13,899	6.9%	14,900	7,781	6,118	78.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,191	0.6%	1,236	432	759	175.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,652	9.8%	20,702	12,661	6,991	55.2%
Educational Services	8,830	4.4%	8,851	5,827	3,003	51.5%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	15,662	7.8%	15,468	11,496	4,166	36.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	2,072	1.0%	2,163	1,287	785	61.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	16,991	8.4%	17,529	12,823	4,168	32.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,743	2.4%	4,968	3,075	1,668	54.2%
Public Administration	5,346	2.7%	5,108	4,699	647	13.8%
Information Not Available	12,189	6.1%	14,283	11,843	346	2.9%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New Mexico
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	26,876		28,772	12,377
Male	16,329	60.8%	17,606	6,557	9,772	149.0%
Female	10,547	39.2%	11,166	5,820	4,727	81.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	26,876		28,772	12,377
Hispanic or Latino	13,744	51.1%	14,740	6,233	7,511	120.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	11,145	41.5%	11,831	5,523	5,622	101.8%
Information Not Available	1,987	7.4%	2,201	621	1,366	220.0%

Race	26,876		28,772	12,377
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,882	10.7%	3,044	1,440	1,442	100.1%
Asian	287	1.1%	326	126	161	127.8%
Black or African American	784	2.9%	832	368	416	113.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	74	0.3%	76	27	47	174.1%
White	13,030	48.5%	14,012	6,176	6,854	111.0%
Information Not Available	9,819	36.5%	10,482	4,240	5,579	131.6%

Years of Age	26,876		28,772	12,377
Younger than 22	1,250	3.2%	1,352	408	842	206.4%
22-24	1,940	5.0%	2,022	743	1,197	161.1%
25-34	6,621	17.2%	7,094	2,698	3,923	145.4%
35-44	6,031	15.7%	6,448	3,094	2,937	94.9%
45-54	6,362	16.5%	6,806	2,847	3,515	123.5%
55-59	2,264	5.9%	2,488	953	1,311	137.6%
60-64	1,412	3.7%	1,552	557	855	153.5%
65 and older	996	2.6%	1,010	396	600	151.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	681	-681	-100.0%

Industry	26,876		28,772	12,377
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	289	1.1%	331	128	161	125.8%
Mining	2,019	7.4%	2,228	145	1,874	1292.4%
Utilities	48	0.2%	47	64	-16	-25.0%
Construction	4,763	17.5%	5,035	2,356	2,407	102.2%
Manufacturing	2,012	7.4%	2,306	698	1,314	188.3%
Wholesale Trade	1,020	3.8%	1,108	393	627	159.5%
Retail Trade	2,549	9.4%	2,766	1,261	1,288	102.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,371	5.0%	1,499	509	862	169.4%
Information	770	2.8%	921	446	324	72.6%
Finance and Insurance	518	1.9%	505	338	180	53.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	487	1.8%	544	226	261	115.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,491	5.5%	1,617	819	672	82.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	50	0.2%	60	16	34	212.5%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,151	7.9%	2,238	1,042	1,109	106.4%
Educational Services	939	3.5%	933	508	431	84.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,502	9.2%	2,468	1,426	1,076	75.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	438	1.6%	551	273	165	60.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,866	6.9%	1,872	829	1,037	125.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	693	2.6%	796	297	396	133.3%
Public Administration	900	3.3%	901	574	326	56.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	46	29	-29	-100.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Nevada
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	66,967		71,714	39,158
Male	41,682	62.2%	44,888	22,963	18,719	81.5%
Female	25,285	37.8%	26,826	16,194	9,091	56.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Ethnicity	66,967		71,714	39,158
Hispanic or Latino	14,111	21.1%	15,715	7,012	7,099	101.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,795	65.4%	46,283	25,641	18,154	70.8%
Information Not Available	9,061	13.5%	9,716	6,505	2,556	39.3%

Race	66,967		71,714	39,158
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,175	1.8%	1,242	689	486	70.5%
Asian	3,129	4.7%	3,435	1,687	1,442	85.5%
Black or African American	7,288	10.9%	7,745	4,760	2,528	53.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1,231	1.8%	1,261	710	521	73.4%
White	43,539	65.0%	46,436	25,135	18,404	73.2%
Information Not Available	10,605	15.8%	11,595	6,177	4,428	71.7%

Years of Age	66,967		71,714	39,158
Younger than 22	2,234	2.1%	2,324	1,167	1,067	91.4%
22-24	4,025	3.8%	4,318	2,098	1,927	91.8%
25-34	15,821	14.9%	16,744	8,300	7,521	90.6%
35-44	15,542	14.6%	16,830	9,069	6,473	71.4%
45-54	15,969	15.0%	17,256	9,815	6,154	62.7%
55-59	5,837	5.5%	6,204	3,687	2,150	58.3%
60-64	4,146	3.9%	4,487	2,655	1,491	56.2%
65 and older	3,393	3.2%	3,551	2,295	1,098	47.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	72	-72	-100.0%

Industry	66,967		71,714	39,158
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	47	0.1%	46	36	11	30.6%
Mining	330	0.5%	385	202	128	63.4%
Utilities	105	0.2%	71	39	66	169.2%
Construction	16,629	24.8%	17,963	8,624	8,005	92.8%
Manufacturing	3,590	5.4%	3,985	1,760	1,830	104.0%
Wholesale Trade	2,174	3.2%	2,332	1,035	1,139	110.0%
Retail Trade	5,898	8.8%	6,254	3,331	2,567	77.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,037	3.0%	2,309	1,202	835	69.5%
Information	873	1.3%	912	450	423	94.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,595	2.4%	1,527	1,061	534	50.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,100	3.1%	2,232	1,143	957	83.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,270	4.9%	3,547	2,053	1,217	59.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	611	0.9%	682	356	255	71.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,305	12.4%	8,999	5,125	3,180	62.0%
Educational Services	1,172	1.7%	1,217	631	541	85.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,613	3.9%	2,633	1,716	897	52.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,283	1.9%	1,394	896	387	43.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	11,521	17.2%	12,375	6,104	5,417	88.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,323	2.0%	1,399	640	683	106.7%
Public Administration	979	1.5%	943	671	308	45.9%
Information Not Available	512	0.8%	509	2,083	-1,571	-75.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants New York
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	350,454		372,773	205,498
Male	185,912	53.0%	199,855	102,287	83,625	81.8%
Female	164,542	47.0%	172,918	103,211	61,331	59.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	350,454		372,773	205,498
Hispanic or Latino	54,441	15.5%	57,289	33,040	21,401	64.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	231,840	66.2%	247,762	137,879	93,961	68.1%
Information Not Available	64,173	18.3%	67,722	34,579	29,594	85.6%

Race	350,454		372,773	205,498
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,902	0.5%	2,029	1,163	739	63.5%
Asian	12,843	3.7%	13,790	6,221	6,622	106.4%
Black or African American	56,559	16.1%	58,816	34,318	22,241	64.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	912	0.3%	945	414	498	120.3%
White	179,623	51.3%	193,580	106,492	73,131	68.7%
Information Not Available	98,615	28.1%	103,613	56,890	41,725	73.3%

Years of Age	350,454		372,773	205,498
Younger than 22	13,216	2.6%	13,875	6,716	6,500	96.8%
22-24	23,350	4.6%	25,007	12,420	10,930	88.0%
25-34	85,594	16.8%	90,995	48,042	37,552	78.2%
35-44	79,891	15.7%	85,466	49,460	30,431	61.5%
45-54	79,995	15.7%	85,439	48,364	31,631	65.4%
55-59	30,020	5.9%	31,880	17,929	12,091	67.4%
60-64	21,805	4.3%	22,768	12,528	9,277	74.1%
65 and older	16,583	3.3%	17,343	10,039	6,544	65.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	350,454		372,773	205,498
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	649	0.2%	673	457	192	42.0%
Mining	326	0.1%	372	153	173	113.1%
Utilities	286	0.1%	258	219	67	30.6%
Construction	29,885	8.5%	33,671	16,348	13,537	82.8%
Manufacturing	40,999	11.7%	45,716	16,543	24,456	147.8%
Wholesale Trade	17,555	5.0%	19,041	9,200	8,355	90.8%
Retail Trade	32,327	9.2%	35,674	16,677	15,650	93.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	21,017	6.0%	22,133	20,623	394	1.9%
Information	12,455	3.5%	13,056	6,720	5,735	85.3%
Finance and Insurance	21,882	6.2%	23,646	13,510	8,372	62.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	7,570	2.2%	8,304	3,990	3,580	89.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	29,012	8.3%	30,980	14,614	14,398	98.5%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,139	0.9%	2,080	881	2,258	256.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	34,548	9.8%	35,815	19,939	14,609	73.3%
Educational Services	14,950	4.3%	15,368	11,362	3,588	31.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	30,843	8.8%	31,001	19,790	11,053	55.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	7,600	2.2%	7,747	5,135	2,465	48.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	22,659	6.5%	23,575	15,569	7,090	45.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	10,130	2.9%	10,342	5,464	4,666	85.4%
Public Administration	8,666	2.5%	9,573	5,291	3,375	63.8%
Information Not Available	3,956	1.1%	3,748	3,013	943	31.3%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Ohio
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	185,027		213,457	103,608
Male	114,027	61.6%	134,428	57,252	56,775	99.2%
Female	70,327	38.0%	78,268	45,970	24,357	53.0%
Information Not Available	673	0.4%	761	386	287	74.4%

Ethnicity	185,027		213,457	103,608
Hispanic or Latino	4,763	2.6%	5,818	2,917	1,846	63.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	168,432	91.0%	193,812	96,311	72,121	74.9%
Information Not Available	11,832	6.4%	13,827	4,380	7,452	170.1%

Race	185,027		213,457	103,608
American Indian or Alaskan Native	789	0.4%	927	491	298	60.7%
Asian	1,375	0.7%	1,664	612	763	124.7%
Black or African American	25,976	14.0%	29,371	18,699	7,277	38.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	164	0.1%	204	107	57	53.3%
White	149,128	80.6%	172,368	79,476	69,652	87.6%
Information Not Available	7,595	4.1%	8,923	4,223	3,372	79.8%

Years of Age	185,027		213,457	103,608
Younger than 22	5,164	1.6%	5,838	2,588	2,576	99.5%
22-24	9,753	3.0%	11,029	5,061	4,692	92.7%
25-34	40,604	12.6%	46,082	22,574	18,030	79.9%
35-44	44,761	13.9%	52,190	26,447	18,314	69.2%
45-54	49,568	15.4%	58,007	28,666	20,902	72.9%
55-59	18,794	5.8%	22,105	10,020	8,774	87.6%
60-64	11,372	3.5%	12,866	5,761	5,611	97.4%
65 and older	5,011	1.6%	5,340	2,491	2,520	101.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	185,027		213,457	103,608
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	370	0.2%	350	127	243	191.3%
Mining	440	0.2%	466	168	272	161.9%
Utilities	385	0.2%	438	114	271	237.7%
Construction	19,556	10.5%	20,872	10,769	8,787	81.6%
Manufacturing	56,809	30.6%	76,576	28,600	28,209	98.6%
Wholesale Trade	9,756	5.3%	10,900	4,639	5,117	110.3%
Retail Trade	8,502	4.6%	8,882	5,501	3,001	54.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	9,915	5.3%	11,356	5,046	4,869	96.5%
Information	3,169	1.7%	3,184	1,463	1,706	116.6%
Finance and Insurance	4,539	2.4%	4,492	3,850	689	17.9%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,261	1.2%	2,363	1,441	820	56.9%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	9,906	5.3%	10,577	5,013	4,893	97.6%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,862	1.0%	2,089	368	1,494	406.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	19,725	10.6%	21,850	12,039	7,686	63.8%
Educational Services	4,440	2.4%	4,423	2,796	1,644	58.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	12,621	6.8%	13,020	8,530	4,091	48.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,383	0.7%	1,498	964	419	43.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,159	3.9%	7,287	4,627	2,532	54.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	4,397	2.4%	4,449	2,868	1,529	53.3%
Public Administration	1,541	0.8%	1,565	891	650	73.0%
Information Not Available	6,291	3.4%	6,820	3,794	2,497	65.8%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oklahoma
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	17,519		27,800	23,103
Male	11,170	63.8%	17,624	11,187	-17	-0.2%
Female	6,294	35.9%	10,110	11,868	-5,574	-47.0%
Information Not Available	55	0.3%	66	48	7	14.6%

Ethnicity	17,519		27,800	23,103
Hispanic or Latino	1,482	8.5%	2,435	1,523	-41	-2.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	16,037	91.5%	25,365	21,580	-5,543	-25.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	17,519		27,800	23,103
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,356	7.7%	2,504	2,170	-814	-37.5%
Asian	209	1.2%	335	218	-9	-4.1%
Black or African American	1,457	8.3%	3,036	3,845	-2,388	-62.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	0.2%	58	26	7	26.9%
White	11,727	66.9%	18,109	14,462	-2,735	-18.9%
Information Not Available	2,737	15.6%	3,758	2,382	355	14.9%

Years of Age	17,519		27,800	23,103
Younger than 22	565	2.0%	847	444	121	27.3%
22-24	1,073	3.8%	1,737	1,083	-10	-0.9%
25-34	4,372	15.5%	7,368	5,093	-721	-14.2%
35-44	3,851	13.7%	6,251	5,562	-1,711	-30.8%
45-54	4,341	15.4%	6,692	6,349	-2,008	-31.6%
55-59	1,560	5.5%	2,267	2,159	-599	-27.7%
60-64	1,071	3.8%	1,568	1,421	-350	-24.6%
65 and older	686	2.4%	1,070	992	-306	-30.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	17,519		27,800	23,103
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.3%	58	67	-13	-19.4%
Mining	1,465	8.3%	2,277	584	881	150.9%
Utilities	121	0.7%	234	63	58	92.1%
Construction	1,669	9.5%	2,581	1,666	3	0.2%
Manufacturing	3,740	21.3%	6,131	3,889	-149	-3.8%
Wholesale Trade	939	5.3%	1,227	761	178	23.4%
Retail Trade	1,245	7.1%	2,039	2,150	-905	-42.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	552	3.1%	767	589	-37	-6.3%
Information	530	3.0%	685	806	-276	-34.2%
Finance and Insurance	413	2.4%	632	941	-528	-56.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	350	2.0%	509	474	-124	-26.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	892	5.1%	1,314	1,211	-319	-26.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	69	0.4%	98	87	-18	-20.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,683	9.6%	3,176	3,232	-1,549	-47.9%
Educational Services	391	2.2%	556	697	-306	-43.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,079	6.1%	1,532	2,048	-969	-47.3%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	175	1.0%	269	310	-135	-43.5%
Accomodation and Food Services	501	2.9%	884	941	-440	-46.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	505	2.9%	800	770	-265	-34.4%
Public Administration	414	2.4%	757	940	-526	-56.0%
Information Not Available	732	4.2%	1,274	877	-145	-16.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Oregon
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	100,599		108,782	53,716
Male	60,029	59.7%	66,182	30,178	29,851	98.9%
Female	40,563	40.3%	42,595	23,535	17,028	72.4%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	5	3	4	133.3%

Ethnicity	100,599		108,782	53,716
Hispanic or Latino	8,698	8.6%	8,988	4,323	4,375	101.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,238	78.8%	86,516	41,264	37,974	92.0%
Information Not Available	12,663	12.6%	13,278	8,129	4,534	55.8%

Race	100,599		108,782	53,716
American Indian or Alaskan Native	939	0.9%	992	427	512	119.9%
Asian	1,902	1.9%	2,139	688	1,214	176.5%
Black or African American	1,322	1.3%	1,368	602	720	119.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	601	0.6%	624	303	298	98.3%
White	48,571	48.3%	52,565	21,826	26,745	122.5%
Information Not Available	47,264	47.0%	51,094	29,870	17,394	58.2%

Years of Age	100,599		108,782	53,716
Younger than 22	3,575	2.5%	3,708	1,542	2,033	131.8%
22-24	6,211	4.3%	6,638	3,078	3,133	101.8%
25-34	24,940	17.4%	26,910	12,713	12,227	96.2%
35-44	22,708	15.9%	24,703	12,699	10,009	78.8%
45-54	23,759	16.6%	25,811	13,316	10,443	78.4%
55-59	9,847	6.9%	10,757	5,299	4,548	85.8%
60-64	6,210	4.3%	6,756	3,283	2,927	89.2%
65 and older	3,348	2.3%	3,499	1,786	1,562	87.5%
Information Not Available	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0%

Industry	100,599		108,782	53,716
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	2,245	2.2%	2,459	1,236	1,009	81.6%
Mining	217	0.2%	294	135	82	60.7%
Utilities	99	0.1%	104	64	35	54.7%
Construction	13,513	13.1%	15,378	7,068	6,445	91.2%
Manufacturing	18,330	17.8%	21,101	8,713	9,617	110.4%
Wholesale Trade	4,991	4.9%	5,306	2,161	2,830	131.0%
Retail Trade	10,254	10.0%	11,172	5,934	4,320	72.8%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,835	3.7%	4,201	2,312	1,523	65.9%
Information	2,125	2.1%	2,317	1,107	1,018	92.0%
Finance and Insurance	2,830	2.8%	2,827	1,954	876	44.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,657	1.6%	1,750	923	734	79.5%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,361	4.2%	4,642	2,106	2,255	107.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	437	0.4%	450	201	236	117.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	8,646	8.4%	9,349	4,810	3,836	79.8%
Educational Services	2,701	2.6%	2,807	966	1,735	179.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	8,019	7.8%	8,008	4,908	3,111	63.4%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,033	1.0%	1,071	544	489	89.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	6,578	6.4%	6,767	3,749	2,829	75.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,644	2.6%	2,693	1,428	1,216	85.2%
Public Administration	1,839	1.8%	1,892	1,028	811	78.9%
Information Not Available	4,245	4.1%	4,194	2,369	1,876	79.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Pennsylvania
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	332,273		360,532	185,110
Male	184,596	55.6%	204,235	93,603	90,993	97.2%
Female	147,677	44.4%	156,297	91,507	56,170	61.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	332,273		360,532	185,110
Hispanic or Latino	18,990	5.7%	20,074	8,595	10,395	120.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino	305,764	92.0%	333,068	173,580	132,184	76.2%
Information Not Available	7,519	2.3%	7,390	2,935	4,584	156.2%

Race	332,273		360,532	185,110
American Indian or Alaskan Native	193	0.1%	399	419	-226	-53.9%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	50,318	15.1%	45,940	31,131	19,187	61.6%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	269,905	81.2%	280,836	140,143	129,762	92.6%
Information Not Available	11,857	3.6%	33,357	13,417	-1,560	-11.6%

Years of Age	332,273		360,532	185,110
Younger than 22	9,929	1.7%	17,278	7,023	2,906	41.4%
22-24	12,531	2.2%	18,875	7,442	5,089	68.4%
25-34	67,187	11.6%	77,499	39,307	27,880	70.9%
35-44	68,633	11.9%	80,495	46,434	22,199	47.8%
45-54	92,346	16.0%	84,092	40,984	51,362	125.3%
55-59	36,630	6.3%	27,165	16,981	19,649	115.7%
60-64	25,063	4.3%	25,866	11,216	13,847	123.5%
65 and older	19,954	3.5%	20,773	12,683	7,271	57.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	8,489	3,040	-3,040	-100.0%

Industry	332,273		360,532	185,110
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	386	0.1%	1,198	419	-33	-7.9%
Mining	771	0.2%	2,097	524	247	47.1%
Utilities	386	0.1%	300	210	176	83.8%
Construction	31,810	9.6%	33,457	14,465	17,345	119.9%
Manufacturing	62,368	18.7%	79,797	27,880	34,488	123.7%
Wholesale Trade	12,146	3.7%	15,180	4,822	7,324	151.9%
Retail Trade	25,545	7.7%	34,655	17,085	8,460	49.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	37,401	11.2%	31,759	19,287	18,114	93.9%
Information	7,904	2.4%	5,792	3,354	4,550	135.7%
Finance and Insurance	13,784	4.1%	7,390	5,346	8,438	157.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	2,121	0.6%	3,296	2,411	-290	-12.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	16,676	5.0%	19,175	6,918	9,758	141.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	771	0.2%	1,698	629	142	22.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	28,918	8.7%	30,560	13,836	15,082	109.0%
Educational Services	7,519	2.3%	9,787	5,660	1,859	32.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	32,485	9.8%	31,659	18,134	14,351	79.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6,458	1.9%	3,396	1,363	5,095	373.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	30,654	9.2%	25,467	16,771	13,883	82.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,302	1.6%	7,790	3,669	1,633	44.5%
Public Administration	2,988	0.9%	2,297	2,935	53	1.8%
Information Not Available	5,880	1.8%	13,782	19,392	-13,512	-69.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Puerto Rico
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	63,620		66,081	42,526
Male	36,321	57.1%	37,329	22,197	14,124	63.6%
Female	27,299	42.9%	28,752	20,329	6,970	34.3%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	63,620		66,081	42,526
Hispanic or Latino	62,788	98.7%	65,163	41,565	21,223	51.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	355	0.6%	384	445	-90	-20.2%
Information Not Available	477	0.7%	534	516	-39	-7.6%

Race	63,620		66,081	42,526
American Indian or Alaskan Native	2,660	4.2%	2,925	834	1,826	218.9%
Asian	552	0.9%	449	52	500	961.5%
Black or African American	2,184	3.4%	2,033	2,647	-463	-17.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	66	0.1%	75	89	-23	-25.8%
White	13,559	21.3%	14,197	8,471	5,088	60.1%
Information Not Available	44,599	70.1%	46,402	30,433	14,166	46.5%

Years of Age	63,620		66,081	42,526
Younger than 22	3,092	4.1%	3,155	2,455	637	25.9%
22-24	5,922	7.9%	6,111	4,136	1,786	43.2%
25-34	21,052	28.1%	21,578	14,196	6,856	48.3%
35-44	15,442	20.6%	16,041	10,261	5,181	50.5%
45-54	11,370	15.2%	12,067	7,238	4,132	57.1%
55-59	3,658	4.9%	3,874	2,319	1,339	57.7%
60-64	2,151	2.9%	2,279	1,332	819	61.5%
65 and older	933	1.2%	976	589	344	58.4%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	63,620		66,081	42,526
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	105	0.2%	93	58	47	81.0%
Utilities	1,719	2.7%	1,867	955	764	80.0%
Construction	9,358	14.7%	9,156	5,481	3,877	70.7%
Manufacturing	7,394	11.6%	7,459	4,903	2,491	50.8%
Wholesale Trade	9,607	15.1%	9,366	7,628	1,979	25.9%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	1,618	2.5%	1,454	1,192	426	35.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	15,022	23.6%	16,523	10,989	4,033	36.7%
Public Administration	8,573	13.5%	9,356	4,944	3,629	73.4%
Information Not Available	10,224	16.1%	10,807	6,376	3,848	60.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Rhode Island
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	22,421		24,515	16,079
Male	10,781	48.1%	12,049	7,056	3,725	52.8%
Female	11,640	51.9%	12,466	9,023	2,617	29.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	22,421		24,515	16,079
Hispanic or Latino	2,487	11.1%	2,982	2,365	122	5.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino	14,221	63.4%	15,259	9,810	4,411	45.0%
Information Not Available	5,713	25.5%	6,274	3,904	1,809	46.3%

Race	22,421		24,515	16,079
American Indian or Alaskan Native	112	0.5%	122	102	10	9.8%
Asian	359	1.6%	421	248	111	44.8%
Black or African American	1,160	5.2%	1,240	806	354	43.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	57	0.3%	76	38	19	50.0%
White	16,365	73.0%	17,751	11,569	4,796	41.5%
Information Not Available	4,368	19.5%	4,905	3,316	1,052	31.7%

Years of Age	22,421		24,515	16,079
Younger than 22	539	1.5%	552	421	118	28.0%
22-24	1,042	2.8%	1,089	754	288	38.2%
25-34	4,245	11.5%	4,650	3,071	1,174	38.2%
35-44	5,005	13.5%	5,494	3,842	1,163	30.3%
45-54	6,051	16.4%	6,698	4,215	1,836	43.6%
55-59	2,341	6.3%	2,600	1,615	726	45.0%
60-64	1,790	4.8%	1,934	1,157	633	54.7%
65 and older	1,408	3.8%	1,498	1,004	404	40.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	22,421		24,515	16,079
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.1%	24	17	3	17.6%
Mining	7	0.0%	12	15	-8	-53.3%
Utilities	9	0.0%	13	23	-14	-60.9%
Construction	2,299	10.2%	2,542	1,405	894	63.6%
Manufacturing	4,022	17.9%	5,027	2,129	1,893	88.9%
Wholesale Trade	931	4.1%	1,109	543	388	71.5%
Retail Trade	1,718	7.7%	1,876	1,453	265	18.2%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,794	8.0%	1,769	1,449	345	23.8%
Information	487	2.2%	558	249	238	95.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,097	4.9%	1,023	842	255	30.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	394	1.8%	455	287	107	37.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	1,092	4.9%	1,204	683	409	59.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	115	0.5%	152	64	51	79.7%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	1,637	7.3%	2,071	1,199	438	36.5%
Educational Services	924	4.1%	804	670	254	37.9%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,062	9.2%	1,979	1,709	353	20.7%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	262	1.2%	323	299	-37	-12.4%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,134	9.5%	2,148	1,820	314	17.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	679	3.0%	699	567	112	19.8%
Public Administration	312	1.4%	318	248	64	25.8%
Information Not Available	426	1.9%	409	408	18	4.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Carolina
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	93,507		102,654	57,412
Male	51,265	54.8%	57,286	28,833	22,432	77.8%
Female	42,242	45.2%	45,368	28,579	13,663	47.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	93,507		102,654	57,412
Hispanic or Latino	2,243	2.4%	2,407	1,191	1,052	88.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	79,321	84.8%	85,522	49,211	30,110	61.2%
Information Not Available	11,943	12.8%	14,725	7,010	4,933	70.4%

Race	93,507		102,654	57,412
American Indian or Alaskan Native	535	0.6%	595	395	140	35.4%
Asian	637	0.7%	682	274	363	132.5%
Black or African American	40,132	42.9%	43,836	28,508	11,624	40.8%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	199	0.2%	250	141	58	41.1%
White	50,240	53.7%	55,430	27,134	23,106	85.2%
Information Not Available	1,764	1.9%	1,861	960	804	83.8%

Years of Age	93,507		102,654	57,412
Younger than 22	4,109	3.0%	3,996	2,696	1,413	52.4%
22-24	3,811	2.7%	3,824	2,269	1,542	68.0%
25-34	20,956	15.1%	22,244	13,094	7,862	60.0%
35-44	19,379	14.0%	20,894	12,105	7,274	60.1%
45-54	19,548	14.1%	21,207	12,005	7,543	62.8%
55-59	7,247	5.2%	8,088	4,248	2,999	70.6%
60-64	5,126	3.7%	5,733	2,867	2,259	78.8%
65 and older	3,102	2.2%	3,515	1,737	1,365	78.6%
Information Not Available	10,229	7.4%	13,153	6,391	3,838	60.1%

Industry	93,507		102,654	57,412
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	355	0.4%	393	322	33	10.2%
Mining	102	0.1%	103	59	43	72.9%
Utilities	104	0.1%	97	83	21	25.3%
Construction	9,528	10.2%	10,216	6,299	3,229	51.3%
Manufacturing	20,239	21.6%	23,653	10,274	9,965	97.0%
Wholesale Trade	4,188	4.5%	4,631	2,417	1,771	73.3%
Retail Trade	9,701	10.3%	10,084	6,123	3,578	58.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	2,702	2.9%	3,001	1,805	897	49.7%
Information	1,093	1.2%	1,161	688	405	58.9%
Finance and Insurance	2,176	2.3%	2,046	1,585	591	37.3%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,382	1.5%	1,562	1,019	363	35.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,743	4.0%	3,993	1,916	1,827	95.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	342	0.4%	338	134	208	155.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	10,672	11.4%	11,449	8,011	2,661	33.2%
Educational Services	2,208	2.4%	2,244	1,012	1,196	118.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	5,254	5.6%	5,409	3,580	1,674	46.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	686	0.7%	697	424	262	61.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	7,204	7.7%	7,257	4,743	2,461	51.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,305	2.5%	2,542	1,429	876	61.3%
Public Administration	1,356	1.4%	1,290	801	555	69.3%
Information Not Available	8,167	8.7%	10,488	4,688	3,479	74.2%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants South Dakota
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	4,657		5,188	1,354
Male	2,499	53.7%	2,898	543	1,956	360.2%
Female	2,158	46.3%	2,290	811	1,347	166.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	4,657		5,188	1,354
Hispanic or Latino	94	2.0%	101	29	65	224.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	4,263	91.5%	4,777	1,283	2,980	232.3%
Information Not Available	300	6.4%	310	42	258	614.3%

Race	4,657		5,188	1,354
American Indian or Alaskan Native	506	10.9%	569	315	191	60.6%
Asian	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%
Black or African American	143	3.1%	149	18	125	694.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%	1	0	2	0.0%
White	3,683	79.1%	4,131	936	2,747	293.5%
Information Not Available	321	6.9%	336	85	236	277.6%

Years of Age	4,657		5,188	1,354
Younger than 22	94	1.2%	116	18	76	422.2%
22-24	223	2.8%	241	52	171	328.8%
25-34	975	12.2%	1,144	241	734	304.6%
35-44	1,014	12.7%	1,101	308	706	229.2%
45-54	1,317	16.5%	1,461	396	921	232.6%
55-59	514	6.4%	562	160	354	221.3%
60-64	346	4.3%	381	114	232	203.5%
65 and older	174	2.2%	182	65	109	167.7%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	4,657		5,188	1,354
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	20	0.4%	19	6	14	233.3%
Mining	41	0.9%	44	0	41	0.0%
Utilities	3	0.1%	2	2	1	50.0%
Construction	369	7.9%	437	88	281	319.3%
Manufacturing	1,401	30.0%	1,672	174	1,227	705.2%
Wholesale Trade	181	3.9%	195	57	124	217.5%
Retail Trade	420	9.0%	402	138	282	204.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	93	2.0%	106	20	73	365.0%
Information	79	1.7%	81	18	61	338.9%
Finance and Insurance	216	4.6%	223	71	145	204.2%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	52	1.1%	49	13	39	300.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	146	3.1%	163	48	98	204.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	16	0.3%	12	3	13	433.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	246	5.3%	263	69	177	256.5%
Educational Services	154	3.3%	163	88	66	75.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	295	6.3%	338	153	142	92.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	73	1.6%	81	32	41	128.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	372	8.0%	423	161	211	131.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	94	2.0%	105	22	72	327.3%
Public Administration	261	5.6%	267	187	74	39.6%
Information Not Available	125	2.7%	143	4	121	3025.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Tennessee
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	89,874		110,974	49,387
Male	51,633	57.5%	63,758	24,947	26,686	107.0%
Female	38,241	42.5%	47,216	24,440	13,801	56.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	89,874		110,974	49,387
Hispanic or Latino	1,324	1.5%	1,705	595	729	122.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino	88,550	98.5%	109,269	48,792	39,758	81.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Race	89,874		110,974	49,387
American Indian or Alaskan Native	216	0.2%	257	108	108	100.0%
Asian	888	1.0%	1,027	671	217	32.3%
Black or African American	22,983	25.6%	27,486	13,691	9,292	67.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	754	0.8%	922	262	492	187.8%
White	63,824	71.0%	79,860	34,131	29,693	87.0%
Information Not Available	1,209	1.3%	1,422	524	685	130.7%

Years of Age	89,874		110,974	49,387
Younger than 22	1,914	1.3%	2,175	931	983	105.6%
22-24	4,156	2.8%	4,874	1,993	2,163	108.5%
25-34	19,230	13.1%	23,277	9,768	9,462	96.9%
35-44	20,797	14.2%	25,670	11,286	9,511	84.3%
45-54	22,972	15.6%	29,186	12,736	10,236	80.4%
55-59	9,015	6.1%	11,331	5,191	3,824	73.7%
60-64	6,802	4.6%	8,362	4,240	2,562	60.4%
65 and older	4,544	3.1%	5,579	3,140	1,404	44.7%
Information Not Available	444	0.3%	520	102	342	335.3%

Industry	89,874		110,974	49,387
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	219	0.2%	245	149	70	47.0%
Mining	322	0.4%	397	92	230	250.0%
Utilities	109	0.1%	111	62	47	75.8%
Construction	9,106	10.1%	10,749	4,161	4,945	118.8%
Manufacturing	25,215	28.0%	32,030	12,549	12,666	100.9%
Wholesale Trade	5,143	5.7%	7,654	2,614	2,529	96.7%
Retail Trade	8,082	9.0%	9,535	4,565	3,517	77.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	3,565	4.0%	4,580	1,665	1,900	114.1%
Information	1,424	1.6%	1,597	845	579	68.5%
Finance and Insurance	2,203	2.4%	2,575	1,569	634	40.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,185	1.3%	1,488	733	452	61.7%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	3,412	3.8%	3,987	2,198	1,214	55.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	324	0.4%	429	178	146	82.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	11,619	12.9%	14,059	6,566	5,053	77.0%
Educational Services	1,695	1.9%	2,029	1,159	536	46.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	4,613	5.1%	5,911	3,107	1,506	48.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	536	0.6%	580	317	219	69.1%
Accomodation and Food Services	4,458	4.9%	5,034	2,497	1,961	78.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,221	2.5%	2,838	1,443	778	53.9%
Public Administration	1,494	1.7%	1,808	1,016	478	47.0%
Information Not Available	2,929	3.3%	3,338	1,902	1,027	54.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Texas
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	280,649		296,979	122,554
Male	171,030	60.9%	181,831	61,291	109,739	179.0%
Female	109,617	39.1%	115,148	61,218	48,399	79.1%
Information Not Available	2	0.0%	0	45	-43	-95.6%

Ethnicity	280,649		296,979	122,554
Hispanic or Latino	83,750	29.8%	89,619	37,002	46,748	126.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	169,372	60.4%	178,896	74,529	94,843	127.3%
Information Not Available	27,527	9.8%	28,464	11,023	16,504	149.7%

Race	280,649		296,979	122,554
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,219	0.4%	1,305	540	679	125.7%
Asian	7,560	2.7%	7,933	2,094	5,466	261.0%
Black or African American	51,266	18.3%	53,413	28,418	22,848	80.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	1,660	-1,660	-100.0%
White	108,974	38.8%	115,887	42,815	66,159	154.5%
Information Not Available	111,630	39.8%	118,441	47,027	64,603	137.4%

Years of Age	280,649		296,979	122,554
Younger than 22	7,905	2.1%	8,406	2,911	4,994	171.6%
22-24	15,867	4.2%	17,176	5,936	9,931	167.3%
25-34	70,148	18.7%	74,540	30,039	40,109	133.5%
35-44	71,324	19.0%	75,263	32,619	38,705	118.7%
45-54	68,669	18.3%	72,568	30,702	37,967	123.7%
55-59	23,840	6.4%	25,172	10,330	13,510	130.8%
60-64	14,905	4.0%	15,549	6,424	8,481	132.0%
65 and older	7,991	2.1%	8,305	3,553	4,438	124.9%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	40	-40	-100.0%

Industry	280,649		296,979	122,554
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	1,850	0.7%	1,810	1,362	488	35.8%
Mining	14,798	5.2%	17,089	1,282	13,516	1054.3%
Utilities	666	0.2%	615	368	298	81.0%
Construction	35,864	12.7%	38,509	14,890	20,974	140.9%
Manufacturing	42,344	15.0%	45,097	11,866	30,478	256.9%
Wholesale Trade	17,822	6.3%	18,736	6,801	11,021	162.0%
Retail Trade	19,026	6.7%	19,725	8,824	10,202	115.6%
Transporation and Warehousing	14,213	5.0%	14,832	5,038	9,175	182.1%
Information	6,764	2.4%	7,175	3,684	3,080	83.6%
Finance and Insurance	10,805	3.8%	11,099	6,707	4,098	61.1%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	5,421	1.9%	5,681	2,483	2,938	118.3%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	22,701	8.0%	24,219	9,010	13,691	152.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1,457	0.5%	1,537	601	856	142.4%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	33,153	11.7%	35,815	16,147	17,006	105.3%
Educational Services	5,212	1.8%	5,279	2,985	2,227	74.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	16,635	5.9%	16,761	10,527	6,108	58.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,346	0.5%	1,399	843	503	59.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	10,548	3.7%	10,705	5,613	4,935	87.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	5,540	2.0%	5,916	2,764	2,776	100.4%
Public Administration	2,465	0.9%	2,496	1,655	810	48.9%
Information Not Available	12,019	4.3%	12,484	9,104	2,915	32.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Utah
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	34,225		37,482	13,246
Male	21,369	62.4%	23,715	7,482	13,887	185.6%
Female	12,673	37.0%	13,535	5,638	7,035	124.8%
Information Not Available	183	0.5%	232	126	57	45.2%

Ethnicity	34,225		37,482	13,246
Hispanic or Latino	3,047	8.9%	3,489	1,170	1,877	160.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino	23,210	67.8%	25,171	9,462	13,748	145.3%
Information Not Available	7,968	23.3%	8,822	2,614	5,354	204.8%

Race	34,225		37,482	13,246
American Indian or Alaskan Native	984	2.9%	1,081	426	558	131.0%
Asian	570	1.7%	645	235	335	142.6%
Black or African American	586	1.7%	618	237	349	147.3%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	522	1.5%	526	195	327	167.7%
White	21,935	64.1%	24,112	9,278	12,657	136.4%
Information Not Available	9,628	28.1%	10,500	2,875	6,753	234.9%

Years of Age	34,225		37,482	13,246
Younger than 22	1,929	3.5%	2,118	579	1,350	233.2%
22-24	2,944	5.4%	3,234	931	2,013	216.2%
25-34	10,415	19.0%	11,528	3,663	6,752	184.3%
35-44	7,733	14.1%	8,415	3,178	4,555	143.3%
45-54	6,839	12.5%	7,542	3,057	3,782	123.7%
55-59	2,411	4.4%	2,575	1,046	1,365	130.5%
60-64	1,420	2.6%	1,487	574	846	147.4%
65 and older	534	1.0%	583	217	317	146.1%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	1	-1	-100.0%

Industry	34,225		37,482	13,246
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	75	0.2%	68	32	43	134.4%
Mining	967	2.8%	1,181	103	864	838.8%
Utilities	29	0.1%	30	12	17	141.7%
Construction	4,487	13.1%	5,005	1,908	2,579	135.2%
Manufacturing	4,458	13.0%	5,698	1,794	2,664	148.5%
Wholesale Trade	1,626	4.7%	1,675	531	1,095	206.2%
Retail Trade	3,412	9.9%	3,664	1,396	2,016	144.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,375	4.0%	1,520	473	902	190.7%
Information	1,110	3.2%	1,148	418	692	165.6%
Finance and Insurance	1,333	3.9%	1,360	547	786	143.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	566	1.7%	606	269	297	110.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,267	6.6%	2,478	800	1,467	183.4%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	84	0.2%	89	27	57	211.1%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,587	13.4%	4,843	1,796	2,791	155.4%
Educational Services	987	2.9%	1,000	360	627	174.2%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,568	4.6%	1,601	762	806	105.8%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	431	1.3%	520	125	306	244.8%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,493	4.4%	1,540	534	959	179.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	653	1.9%	680	195	458	234.9%
Public Administration	525	1.5%	543	282	243	86.2%
Information Not Available	2,192	6.4%	2,233	882	1,310	148.5%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virginia
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	92,304		98,588	44,076
Male	52,558	56.9%	56,583	22,925	29,633	129.3%
Female	39,730	43.0%	41,988	21,145	18,585	87.9%
Information Not Available	16	0.0%	17	6	10	166.7%

Ethnicity	92,304		98,588	44,076
Hispanic or Latino	4,078	4.4%	4,370	1,504	2,574	171.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	83,518	90.5%	89,338	40,366	43,152	106.9%
Information Not Available	4,708	5.1%	4,880	2,206	2,502	113.4%

Race	92,304		98,588	44,076
American Indian or Alaskan Native	6,495	7.0%	6,995	1,739	4,756	273.5%
Asian	451	0.5%	481	1,033	-582	-56.3%
Black or African American	32,767	35.5%	35,286	17,230	15,537	90.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	47,883	51.9%	50,946	21,868	26,015	119.0%
Information Not Available	4,708	5.1%	4,880	2,206	2,502	113.4%

Years of Age	92,304		98,588	44,076
Younger than 22	2,083	1.5%	2,089	971	1,112	114.5%
22-24	4,812	3.6%	5,113	2,329	2,483	106.6%
25-34	21,861	16.2%	23,193	10,251	11,610	113.3%
35-44	22,693	16.9%	24,293	11,231	11,462	102.1%
45-54	24,000	17.8%	25,606	11,459	12,541	109.4%
55-59	8,432	6.3%	9,230	4,005	4,427	110.5%
60-64	5,650	4.2%	6,145	2,624	3,026	115.3%
65 and older	2,766	2.1%	2,913	1,204	1,562	129.7%
Information Not Available	7	0.0%	6	2	5	250.0%

Industry	92,304		98,588	44,076
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	102	0.1%	104	49	53	108.2%
Mining	368	0.4%	470	48	320	666.7%
Utilities	18	0.0%	18	18	0	0.0%
Construction	5,341	5.8%	5,399	2,376	2,965	124.8%
Manufacturing	8,063	8.7%	9,129	3,898	4,165	106.8%
Wholesale Trade	1,303	1.4%	1,160	614	689	112.2%
Retail Trade	2,616	2.8%	2,702	1,529	1,087	71.1%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,454	1.6%	1,471	777	677	87.1%
Information	602	0.7%	576	341	261	76.5%
Finance and Insurance	815	0.9%	810	485	330	68.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	495	0.5%	500	281	214	76.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	2,152	2.3%	2,234	1,097	1,055	96.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	119	0.1%	143	47	72	153.2%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	4,199	4.5%	4,331	2,235	1,964	87.9%
Educational Services	319	0.3%	281	187	132	70.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,089	2.3%	2,126	1,338	751	56.1%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	200	0.2%	182	108	92	85.2%
Accomodation and Food Services	2,516	2.7%	2,591	1,539	977	63.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,080	1.2%	1,176	692	388	56.1%
Public Administration	4,837	5.2%	6,138	2,236	2,601	116.3%
Information Not Available	53,616	58.0%	57,047	24,181	29,435	121.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Virgin Islands
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	883		759	426
Male	590	66.8%	499	260	330	126.9%
Female	293	33.2%	259	166	127	76.5%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	883		759	426
Hispanic or Latino	187	21.2%	183	130	57	43.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino	682	77.2%	566	294	388	132.0%
Information Not Available	14	1.6%	10	2	12	600.0%

Race	883		759	426
American Indian or Alaskan Native	5	0.6%	7	2	3	150.0%
Asian	5	0.6%	16	16	-11	-68.8%
Black or African American	618	70.0%	484	245	373	152.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	1.1%	5	2	8	400.0%
White	54	6.1%	59	31	23	74.2%
Information Not Available	191	21.6%	188	130	61	46.9%

Years of Age	883		759	426
Younger than 22	16	1.9%	18	9	7	77.8%
22-24	53	6.2%	41	38	15	39.5%
25-34	210	24.4%	183	99	111	112.1%
35-44	173	20.1%	187	90	83	92.2%
45-54	220	25.6%	169	102	118	115.7%
55-59	79	9.2%	57	35	44	125.7%
60-64	76	8.8%	52	35	41	117.1%
65 and older	53	6.2%	50	18	35	194.4%
Information Not Available	3	0.3%	2	0	3	0.0%

Industry	883		759	426
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%
Mining	3	0.3%	3	1	2	200.0%
Utilities	2	0.2%	0	0	2	0.0%
Construction	151	17.1%	162	139	12	8.6%
Manufacturing	12	1.4%	17	43	-31	-72.1%
Wholesale Trade	29	3.3%	16	8	21	262.5%
Retail Trade	78	8.8%	57	35	43	122.9%
Transporation and Warehousing	25	2.8%	20	37	-12	-32.4%
Information	12	1.4%	11	4	8	200.0%
Finance and Insurance	20	2.3%	15	1	19	1900.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	17	1.9%	22	13	4	30.8%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	21	2.4%	37	6	15	250.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	15	1.7%	14	6	9	150.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	22	2.5%	31	13	9	69.2%
Educational Services	13	1.5%	8	6	7	116.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	14	1.6%	17	5	9	180.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	6	0.7%	3	4	2	50.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	80	9.1%	84	39	41	105.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	312	35.3%	204	41	271	661.0%
Public Administration	5	0.6%	4	5	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	46	5.2%	32	20	26	130.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Vermont
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	12,974		13,249	6,014
Male	7,326	56.5%	7,508	3,179	4,147	130.4%
Female	5,648	43.5%	5,741	2,835	2,813	99.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	12,974		13,249	6,014
Hispanic or Latino	22	0.2%	25	15	7	46.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,333	25.7%	3,411	1,561	1,772	113.5%
Information Not Available	9,619	74.1%	9,813	4,438	5,181	116.7%

Race	12,974		13,249	6,014
American Indian or Alaskan Native	24	0.2%	25	11	13	118.2%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	56	0.4%	60	32	24	75.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	0.1%	18	12	3	25.0%
White	3,260	25.1%	3,333	1,521	1,739	114.3%
Information Not Available	9,619	74.1%	9,813	4,438	5,181	116.7%

Years of Age	12,974		13,249	6,014
Younger than 22	434	2.9%	456	185	249	134.6%
22-24	752	4.9%	775	290	462	159.3%
25-34	2,753	18.1%	2,808	1,170	1,583	135.3%
35-44	2,782	18.3%	2,868	1,364	1,418	104.0%
45-54	3,164	20.8%	3,200	1,512	1,652	109.3%
55-59	1,364	9.0%	1,377	688	676	98.3%
60-64	1,007	6.6%	1,015	419	588	140.3%
65 and older	718	4.7%	750	386	332	86.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	12,974		13,249	6,014
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	97	0.7%	103	54	43	79.6%
Mining	39	0.3%	39	9	30	333.3%
Utilities	25	0.2%	27	9	16	177.8%
Construction	1,686	12.9%	1,832	674	1,012	150.1%
Manufacturing	2,315	17.7%	2,436	807	1,508	186.9%
Wholesale Trade	568	4.3%	565	241	327	135.7%
Retail Trade	1,539	11.8%	1,552	701	838	119.5%
Transporation and Warehousing	609	4.7%	614	430	179	41.6%
Information	219	1.7%	216	96	123	128.1%
Finance and Insurance	207	1.6%	210	90	117	130.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	189	1.4%	184	79	110	139.2%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	499	3.8%	497	288	211	73.3%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	8	0.1%	6	10	-2	-20.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	781	6.0%	768	316	465	147.2%
Educational Services	588	4.5%	586	275	313	113.8%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	1,103	8.4%	1,071	568	535	94.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	119	0.9%	121	62	57	91.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,767	13.5%	1,782	1,009	758	75.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	315	2.4%	325	149	166	111.4%
Public Administration	301	2.3%	315	147	154	104.8%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Washington
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	135,579		138,503	56,644
Male	82,417	60.8%	85,814	31,910	50,507	158.3%
Female	53,159	39.2%	52,685	24,734	28,425	114.9%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	4	0	3	0.0%

Ethnicity	135,579		138,503	56,644
Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	135,579	100.0%	138,503	56,644	78,935	139.4%

Race	135,579		138,503	56,644
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
White	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	135,579	100.0%	138,503	56,644	78,935	139.4%

Years of Age	135,579		138,503	56,644
Younger than 22	3,563	2.8%	3,512	1,196	2,367	197.9%
22-24	7,853	6.2%	7,946	2,706	5,147	190.2%
25-34	33,449	26.2%	34,454	12,981	20,468	157.7%
35-44	32,223	25.3%	32,801	14,031	18,192	129.7%
45-54	33,703	26.4%	34,428	15,036	18,667	124.1%
55-59	12,916	10.1%	13,230	5,650	7,266	128.6%
60-64	8,088	6.3%	8,244	3,427	4,661	136.0%
65 and older	3,784	3.0%	3,888	1,617	2,167	134.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	135,579		138,503	56,644
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Mining	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Utilities	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Construction	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Manufacturing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Retail Trade	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Transporation and Warehousing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Finance and Insurance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Educational Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Accomodation and Food Services	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Public Administration	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%
Information Not Available	135,579	100.0%	138,503	56,644	78,935	139.4%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wisconsin
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	146,786		156,706	73,420
Male	86,405	58.9%	92,457	38,289	48,116	125.7%
Female	60,352	41.1%	64,249	35,131	25,221	71.8%
Information Not Available	29	0.0%	0	0	29	0.0%

Ethnicity	146,786		156,706	73,420
Hispanic or Latino	5,929	4.0%	6,864	2,856	3,073	107.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino	139,521	95.1%	148,902	70,116	69,405	99.0%
Information Not Available	1,336	0.9%	940	448	888	198.2%

Race	146,786		156,706	73,420
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1,424	1.0%	1,504	866	558	64.4%
Asian	2,804	1.9%	2,977	910	1,894	208.1%
Black or African American	15,499	10.6%	16,454	10,623	4,876	45.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	132	0.1%	141	44	88	200.0%
White	125,591	85.6%	134,690	60,529	65,062	107.5%
Information Not Available	1,336	0.9%	940	448	888	198.2%

Years of Age	146,786		156,706	73,420
Younger than 22	4,800	1.8%	5,031	2,372	2,428	102.4%
22-24	8,924	3.4%	9,654	4,472	4,452	99.6%
25-34	33,919	12.9%	35,999	16,466	17,453	106.0%
35-44	32,422	12.3%	34,448	16,745	15,677	93.6%
45-54	37,411	14.2%	40,307	18,714	18,697	99.9%
55-59	14,311	5.4%	15,187	6,801	7,510	110.4%
60-64	9,437	3.6%	10,046	4,582	4,855	106.0%
65 and older	5,562	2.1%	6,034	3,268	2,294	70.2%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	146,786		156,706	73,420
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	543	0.4%	658	345	198	57.4%
Mining	117	0.1%	141	59	58	98.3%
Utilities	176	0.1%	172	81	95	117.3%
Construction	13,534	9.2%	14,181	6,799	6,735	99.1%
Manufacturing	51,931	35.2%	57,660	18,192	33,739	185.5%
Wholesale Trade	6,180	4.2%	6,753	2,731	3,449	126.3%
Retail Trade	12,066	8.2%	12,849	6,806	5,260	77.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	8,323	5.6%	7,756	6,050	2,273	37.6%
Information	2,187	1.5%	2,382	1,057	1,130	106.9%
Finance and Insurance	3,347	2.3%	3,291	1,872	1,475	78.8%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	1,189	0.8%	1,254	712	477	67.0%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	4,727	3.2%	4,905	2,261	2,466	109.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	749	0.5%	705	206	543	263.6%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	12,213	8.3%	13,335	7,379	4,834	65.5%
Educational Services	2,393	1.6%	2,476	1,439	954	66.3%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	9,732	6.6%	9,934	6,395	3,337	52.2%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1,394	0.9%	1,504	852	542	63.6%
Accomodation and Food Services	8,029	5.4%	8,508	5,492	2,537	46.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,921	2.0%	2,930	1,740	1,181	67.9%
Public Administration	1,864	1.3%	1,880	1,395	469	33.6%
Information Not Available	3,171	2.2%	3,432	1,557	1,614	103.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants West Virginia
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	27,690		30,847	13,246
Male	19,687	71.1%	22,293	7,446	12,241	164.4%
Female	8,003	28.9%	8,554	5,800	2,203	38.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	27,690		30,847	13,246
Hispanic or Latino	387	1.4%	409	175	212	121.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,511	77.7%	23,929	11,143	10,368	93.0%
Information Not Available	5,792	20.9%	6,509	1,928	3,864	200.4%

Race	27,690		30,847	13,246
American Indian or Alaskan Native	59	0.2%	73	33	26	78.8%
Asian	39	0.1%	51	22	17	77.3%
Black or African American	949	3.4%	948	604	345	57.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	0.1%	13	8	8	100.0%
White	25,667	92.7%	28,324	12,285	13,382	108.9%
Information Not Available	960	3.5%	1,438	294	666	226.5%

Years of Age	27,690		30,847	13,246
Younger than 22	877	1.7%	924	363	514	141.6%
22-24	1,647	3.2%	1,802	647	1,000	154.6%
25-34	6,982	13.4%	7,602	3,297	3,685	111.8%
35-44	7,085	13.6%	7,829	3,417	3,668	107.3%
45-54	6,715	12.9%	7,533	3,341	3,374	101.0%
55-59	2,412	4.6%	2,873	1,140	1,272	111.6%
60-64	1,422	2.7%	1,653	688	734	106.7%
65 and older	547	1.1%	631	353	194	55.0%
Information Not Available	3	0.0%	0	0	3	0.0%

Industry	27,690		30,847	13,246
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	166	0.6%	194	101	65	64.4%
Mining	3,126	11.2%	3,824	289	2,837	981.7%
Utilities	33	0.1%	38	17	16	94.1%
Construction	4,840	17.4%	5,158	2,301	2,539	110.3%
Manufacturing	4,550	16.3%	6,007	1,330	3,220	242.1%
Wholesale Trade	912	3.3%	977	408	504	123.5%
Retail Trade	1,919	6.9%	1,971	1,621	298	18.4%
Transporation and Warehousing	1,049	3.8%	1,202	358	691	193.0%
Information	419	1.5%	378	140	279	199.3%
Finance and Insurance	349	1.3%	365	263	86	32.7%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	352	1.3%	351	156	196	125.6%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	882	3.2%	910	472	410	86.9%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	39	0.1%	42	22	17	77.3%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	2,121	7.6%	2,145	975	1,146	117.5%
Educational Services	470	1.7%	540	445	25	5.6%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,120	7.6%	2,197	1,537	583	37.9%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	143	0.5%	151	142	1	0.7%
Accomodation and Food Services	1,215	4.4%	1,344	750	465	62.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,241	4.5%	1,166	783	458	58.5%
Public Administration	246	0.9%	282	180	66	36.7%
Information Not Available	1,498	5.4%	1,605	956	542	56.7%

Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Claimants Wyoming
	Aug 2009	Percent	Jul 2009	Aug 2008	Annual Change	Annual Pct Change
Gender	8,291		8,915	1,976
Male	5,986	72.2%	6,538	1,119	4,867	434.9%
Female	2,305	27.8%	2,377	857	1,448	169.0%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Ethnicity	8,291		8,915	1,976
Hispanic or Latino	768	9.3%	838	211	557	264.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino	6,936	83.7%	7,462	1,600	5,336	333.5%
Information Not Available	587	7.1%	615	165	422	255.8%

Race	8,291		8,915	1,976
American Indian or Alaskan Native	325	3.9%	342	118	207	175.4%
Asian	34	0.4%	45	4	30	750.0%
Black or African American	140	1.7%	152	41	99	241.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	0.2%	22	4	16	400.0%
White	7,323	88.3%	7,844	1,709	5,614	328.5%
Information Not Available	449	5.4%	510	100	349	349.0%

Years of Age	8,291		8,915	1,976
Younger than 22	223	1.5%	267	25	198	792.0%
22-24	746	4.9%	826	104	642	617.3%
25-34	2,167	14.2%	2,339	430	1,737	404.0%
35-44	1,799	11.8%	1,928	432	1,367	316.4%
45-54	1,962	12.9%	2,156	558	1,404	251.6%
55-59	735	4.8%	706	223	512	229.6%
60-64	392	2.6%	407	123	269	218.7%
65 and older	267	1.8%	286	81	186	229.6%
Information Not Available	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0%

Industry	8,291		8,915	1,976
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Hunting	54	0.6%	58	19	35	184.2%
Mining	1,814	21.7%	2,200	112	1,702	1519.6%
Utilities	19	0.2%	17	6	13	216.7%
Construction	1,554	18.6%	1,698	470	1,084	230.6%
Manufacturing	335	4.0%	365	76	259	340.8%
Wholesale Trade	378	4.5%	356	64	314	490.6%
Retail Trade	589	7.1%	580	163	426	261.3%
Transporation and Warehousing	345	4.1%	379	62	283	456.5%
Information	53	0.6%	55	12	41	341.7%
Finance and Insurance	68	0.8%	68	39	29	74.4%
Real Estate, Rental and Leasing	132	1.6%	138	28	104	371.4%
Professional/Scientific/Technical Services	314	3.8%	333	65	249	383.1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises	1	0.0%	2	4	-3	-75.0%
Administration and Support/Waste Management and Remedial Services	279	3.3%	305	98	181	184.7%
Educational Services	136	1.6%	110	46	90	195.7%
Healthcare and Social Assistance	451	5.4%	491	200	251	125.5%
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	31	0.4%	40	22	9	40.9%
Accomodation and Food Services	466	5.6%	472	166	300	180.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration)	239	2.9%	228	68	171	251.5%
Public Administration	189	2.3%	167	88	101	114.8%
Information Not Available	844	10.1%	853	168	676	402.4%